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Vikram Patel | TED Speaker

Vikram Patel helps bring better mental health care to low-resource communities -- by teaching ordinary people to deliver basic psychiatric services.
Mental health care advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/vikram_patel

Dixon Chibanda | TED Speaker

Dixon Chibanda is passionate about the human brain, how it influences our behavior and what we can do to make everybody happy.
Psychiatrist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dixon_chibanda

Thomas Insel | TED Speaker

The Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Thomas Insel supports research that will help us understand, treat and even prevent mental disorders.
Neuroscientist and psychiatrist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/thomas_insel

Kevin Breel | TED Speaker

Writer, comic and mental health activist Kevin Breel speaks up about depression.
Comedian, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kevin_breel

Guy Winch | TED Speaker

Guy Winch asks us to take our emotional health as seriously as we take our physical health -- and explores how to heal from common heartaches.
Psychologist, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/guy_winch

Andrew Solomon | TED Speaker

Andrew Solomon writes about politics, culture and psychology.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andrew_solomon

David Anderson | TED Speaker

Through his lab at the California Institute of Technology, David Anderson seeks to find the neural underpinnings of emotions like fear, anxiety and anger.
Neurobiologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_anderson

Sue Klebold | TED Speaker

Sue Klebold has become a passionate agent working to advance mental health awareness and intervention.
Activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sue_klebold

Kevin Briggs | TED Speaker

As a member of the California Highway Patrol with assignments including patrolling the Golden Gate Bridge, Sergeant Kevin Briggs and his staff are the last barriers between would-be suicides and the plunge to near-certain death.
Golden Gate guardian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kevin_briggs

Rosie King | TED Speaker

Rosie King challenges stereotypes of people with autism and contextualizes the issue by asking us, “Why be normal?”
Storytelling activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rosie_king

Russell Foster | TED Speaker

Russell Foster studies sleep and its role in our lives, examining how our perception of light influences our sleep-wake rhythms.
Circadian neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/russell_foster

Beth Malone | TED Speaker

TED Resident Beth Malone brings bold art to public spaces across the US, encouraging artists to have a sense of humor, to be vulnerable and take creative risks.
Social entrepreneur, artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/beth_malone

Faith Jegede Cole | TED Speaker

Writer Faith Jegede Cole draws on her experiences growing up with two autistic brothers in order to spread awareness and understanding about this increasingly common diagnosis.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/faith_jegede

Nikki Webber Allen | TED Speaker

Nikki Webber Allen is working to create a safe space for honest conversations about mental health in communities of color.
Multimedia producer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nikki_webber_allen

Sandrine Thuret | TED Speaker

Sandrine Thuret studies the way adult brains create new nerve cells in the hippocampus -- a brain area involved in memory and mood.
Neural stem cell researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sandrine_thuret

Daniel Levitin | TED Speaker

Daniel Levitin incorporates findings from neuroscience into everyday life.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_levitin

Judson Brewer | TED Speaker

Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds.
Mindful addiction doctor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/judson_brewer

Elyn Saks | TED Speaker

Elyn Saks asks bold questions about how society treats people with mental illness.
Mental health law scholar
https://www.ted.com/speakers/elyn_saks

Mariano Sigman | TED Speaker

In his provocative, mind-bending book "The Secret Life of the Mind," neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reveals his life’s work exploring the inner workings of the human brain.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mariano_sigman

Ami Klin | TED Speaker

Ami Klin is an award winning autism spectrum disorder researcher finding new avenues for early diagnosis.
Autism researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ami_klin

Tom Osborn | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Tom Osborn is working to improve mental health for young people across Kenya.
Mental health innovator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tom_osborn

Joshua Walters | TED Speaker

Joshua Walters is a bipolar comedian whose work explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness ...
Comedian, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joshua_walters

KC Davis | TED Speaker

KC Davis offers a compassionate and practical approach to self and home care for those dealing with mental health, physical illness and hard seasons of life
Therapist and author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kc_davis_TEDxMileHigh20220806-51475

Essam Daod | TED Speaker

Essam Doad provides first response mental health interventions to refugees and displaced populations.
Mental health specialist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/essam_daod

Sitawa Wafula | TED Speaker

Sitawa Wafula started Kenya's first free mental health and epilepsy support line.
Mental health advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sitawa_wafula

Regina Hartley | TED Speaker

Regina Hartley thinks that those who don't always look good on paper may be just the person you need to hire.
Human resources expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/regina_hartley

Sahaj Kaur Kohli | TED Speaker

Sahaj Kaur Kohli is the founder of Brown Girl Therapy, the first and largest mental health and wellness community organization of its kind for children of immigrants living in the West.
Mental health and wellness advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sahaj_kaur_kohli

Christen Reighter | TED Speaker

Christen Reighter writes and performs as a poet and essayist, focusing primarily on social justice issues.
Poet, essayist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christen_reighter

Hailey Hardcastle | TED Speaker

Hailey Hardcastle established a network of student activists in order to make schools a better place for those struggling with mental health challenges.
Mental health advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hailey_hardcastle

Olga Kitaina | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Olga Kitaina is a psychologist and entrepreneur.
Psychologist, entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/olga_kitaina
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