I think both Dr. Katzman and I have emphasized over and over again that this is a lethal illness, and it's the number one psychiatric illness that kills young women. I think that people are unaware. I think that a lot of physicians even think that this is a choice, that it's a life way. It's not a choice. It's a mental illness that has severe, short-term, life-threatening as well as long-term consequences. We need to get that message out.
On February 5th, 2014. See this statement in context.