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.

Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak.

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.

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.

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.'