TEDTalks. Ruby Wax - What's So Funny About Mental Illness?
Description
Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax - except for those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us in this TEDTalk to put an end to the stigma of mental illness.
Runtime
9 min
Subjects
- Mental illness (325)
- Affective disorders (67)
- Public health (338)
- Mood Disorders (14)
- Health (2879)
- Suicide (147)
- Medicine (401)
Contributor
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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