“Please hear this: There are not ‘schizophrenics,’ there are people with schizophrenia.” Quote by Elyn Saks
“We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national tragedy and scandal that the L.A. County Jail is the biggest psychiatric facility in the United States.” StatesInspirationMotivationUnitedUnited StatesTragedyIllnessMental IllnessJailHealthcareScandalFacilityCountyPsychiatric Author:Elyn Saks
“Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.” MindHas BeensProblemPowerfulComplexesIllnessDefenseMental IllnessMost PowerfulHealthcareComplex Problems Author:Elyn Saks
“One of the reasons the doctors gave for hospitalizing me against my will was that I was ‘gravely disabled.’ To support this view, they wrote in my chart that I was unable to do my Yale Law School homework. I wondered what that meant about much of the rest of New Haven.” ReasonSchoolLawViewsSupportHavensDoctorsDisabledHomeworkLaw SchoolYale Author:Elyn Saks
“My mind has been both my best friend and my worst enemy.” MindHas BeensEnemyWorstMy Best FriendWorst Enemy Author:Elyn Saks
“There are not schizophrenics. There are people with schizophrenia and these people may be your spouse, they may be your child, they may be your neighbor, they may be your friend, they may be your coworker.” PeopleMayChildrenOur ChildrenNeighborYour ChildrenSpouseSchizophreniaCoworker Author:Elyn Saks
“Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.” BelieveChildrenParentingMy ChildrenStationsParenthoodBelieve In MeStamina Author:Robbie Coltraine
“Mental health courts exist because the system has failed. If these people were being treated, they wouldn't end up with misdemeanor charges or felony charges against them in the first place. The very existence of mental health courts is really an indication of the system's failure.” PeopleIfsFirstsEndsExistenceCourtMental HealthTreatedIndicationFelonyMisdemeanors Author:E. Fuller Torrey
“American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down.” KnowsRealShowsPoliticianReal LifeSenatorsFbiHustleBribe Author:Larry Pressler
“Got a house on the hill, cost a couple of mill, Juicy J got bank like Uncle Phil.” HouseCoupleCostHip HopRapHillsUnclesMillsJuicy Author:Juicy J
“External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom.” Known Author:Marlen Haushofer
