#mental illness

Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#everyday #everyday life #family #frontier #full

Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#because #big #big city #city #crazy

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place. ↗

— Anthony Storr

#between #dividing #drawn #i #illness

There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#hence #illness #mental #mental illness #psychotherapy

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#course #exist #hence #illness #literally

I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#disorders #eating #i #illness #mental