Demi Lovato urges Congress to pass mental health reform bill

Demi Lovato, who recently took to the U.S. Capitol to address an audience at the National Alliance on Mental Illness convention, has urged the Congress to pass legislation on mental health reform.

The 'Skyscraper' hitmaker, who has been open about her own struggle with bipolar disease, teamed up with former U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy to push a comprehensive mental health bill, Contactmusic reported.

During her speech at the convention, she said that people know that mental illness has no prejudice, and it affects people of every race, age, gender, religion and economic status, without any discrimination.

The 22-year-old singer said that people have seen an increased attention to our country's broken mental health system over the past few years, but very little action and its time for Congress to act for mental health by supporting the passage of a comprehensive mental health bill this year.

Lovato also took to Instagram to share photos of herself at the Capitol building, including a selfie with a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.