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In 2015, New York City announced an unprecedented commitment to create a mental health system that works for all the city’s residents, and a commitment to empower citizens’ mental health and well-being. …
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Nobody should ever feel isolated, or like they have nowhere to turn. Whether it's at school, home, or in the workplace. Nobody should ever feel a cultural burden of silence around mental health challenges.
— Chirlane McCrayWife of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; Mental Health Advocate & Poet
The truth is that many in the clergy don't know what to do when people come to them with something that can't be prayed away! They need the right training, support and signposting skills to help.
— Chirlane McCrayWife of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; Mental Health Advocate & Poet
The first and most important part of tackling mental health challenges is to drive cultural change. If you don't change the culture around mental health- people will continue to be stigmatised, people will continue to stay silent, people will not seek the help they need.
— Chirlane McCrayWife of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; Mental Health Advocate & Poet
It shocks me that our society has not caught up with the fact that mental illnesses should be treated like any other disease, and not relegated to the justice system. We have so many different therapies and medicines, and people can make significant recoveries.
— Chirlane McCrayWife of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; Mental Health Advocate & Poet
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