David Satcher
David Satcher
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. FAAFP, FACPM, FACPis an American physician, and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health, and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth2 March 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.
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Seventy-five percent of women who smoke would like to quit, and yet only two to three percent quit every year... It's significant because we can help women quit smoking.
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We believe that more than 4 percent of the children in this country suffer ADHD... We want to know how to better identify and refer children for treatment.
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The problem now is that often, mental health problems are not recognized until late, ... We want to make sure that we bring the best treatment to bear in this system. We want to make sure that we continue to research.