Otis Brawley is one of America’s truly outstanding physician scientists. In How We Do Harm, he challenges all of us – physicians, patients, and communities – to recommit ourselves to the pledge to ‘do no harm.’
The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference.
There is no health without mental health.
I’m convinced that we can shape a different future for this country as it relates to mental health and as it relates to suicide.
Our nation’s blood supply is safer than it’s ever been, and it’s getting safer as we speak.
This is no time to let down our guard on youth violence. Research demonstrates that appropriate interventions made during or prior to adolescence can direct young people away from violence toward healthy and constructive lives.
People tend to think of overweight and obesity as strictly a personal matter, but there is much that communities can and should do to address these problems.
The same things that lead to disparities in health in this country on a day-to-day basis led to disparities in the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.