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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I think we're ready to move from an environment of blame and stigmatization when it comes to mental health problems,
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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.
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There is no health without mental health.
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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.
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The underlying premise of Healthy People 2010 is that the health of the individual is inseparable from the health of the larger community,
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I think the history is such that we underestimate the mental health problems, ... As people see what they consider sort of a hopeless situation - bodies floating on the water, the scene like they saw in the Superdome - people are not ready for that. They are not prepared to deal with it.
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Everyone in need must have access to high-quality, effective and affordable mental health services, ... Too often, our mental health problems are left to play themselves out in the nation's streets, homeless centers ... and prisons.
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The results released in today's American Journal of Public Health should lead any medical professional to realize a prescription for change needs to be written. For the American taxpayer, its time to ask for increased accountability and expect a better return on a $60 billion investment,
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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.