Political Quotes

“Mental health professionals need to be paid what they deserve to be paid, and based on their workload they need to be paid twice as much. Let me just say that one has to believe that the mind and the body are equally important. I think all of us believe that, but we have not put our money where our mouth is. Mental health parity is critical if one believes that one's spirit, one's mind is just as important as the physical body. Psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, all of these mental issues, and I will not call it mental illness either because we still do not have a clear definition of mental illness, but all of these behavioral difficulties can be cured in many instances. So why do we not elevate the mind and the body on an equal basis, because certainly one cannot be treated without treating the other? So additional resources making mental health policy as part of our national health policy should really be a national priority, and we should use some of our surplus to do just that.”