Elyn Saks is a legal expert who works to expand the rights of people with severe mental illness.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

He was placed in a mental hospital and told he had a severe mental illness.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

For many years, Mister Graham suffered from mental illness.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

Dr.Mark Hamer of University College London says previous research found that smokers have a higher rate of mental illness, specifically depression.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"There are reports from the surgeon general that only one in 11 Latinos with a mental illness seek a specialist."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Gomez explains that many Latino immigrant families see mental illness as a moral failure, a problem to be hidden.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"We work primarily with women who are struggling with substance abuse, struggling with mental illness, have had multiple experiences of violence,and we house them."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"Each of them has a different philosophy about heart disease, about cancer, about mental illness,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

The actress says she hopes "Pax" can change the public's image of mental illness,including PTSD.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

It says educating communities to better identify people at risk of suicide and encouraging those at risk to seek help can reduce suicides among people with mental illness.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

She's focused on removing the stigma of mental illness.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

"For instance,we know that mental illness disorders like depression or alcohol use disorders play a major role in European countries, for instance" "But,we have to also look at Asian countries where impulsiveness plays a much more important role, which is that suicide can happen on the spur of the moment."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10