E. Fuller Torrey Professions : Psychiatrist Born : September 6, 1937 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by E. Fuller Torrey Mental health courts exist because the system has failed. E. Fuller Torrey mental-health people firsts The very term ['mental disease'] is nonsensical, a semantic mistake. The two words cannot go together except metaphorically; you can no more have a mental 'disease' than you can have a purple idea or a wise space". Similarly, there can no more be a "mental illness" than there can be a "moral illness." The words "mental" and "illness" do not go together logically. Mental "illness" does not exist, and neither does mental "health." These terms indicate only approval or disapproval of some aspect of a person's mentality (thinking, emotions, or behavior). E. Fuller Torrey wise mistake thinking Over the years it [the National Committee for Mental Hygiene] has championed for the promotion of 'mental health' despite the fact that nobody knows what it is or how to do it. E. Fuller Torrey hygiene facts years Similar Authors Bruce D. Perry psychiatrist Arthur Kleinman psychiatrist Anthony Storr psychiatrist Allen Frances psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard psychiatrist Darold Treffert psychiatrist All Authors
