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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

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

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

Andrew Solomon | TED Speaker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Curran | TED Speaker

Thomas Curran studies the personality characteristic of perfectionism, how it develops and its impact on mental health.
Social and personality psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/thomas_curran

Ruby Wax | TED Speaker

Ruby Wax is a loud, funny woman -- who spent much of her comedy career battling depression in silence. Now her work blends mental health advocacy and laughs.
Comedian and Mental Health Activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ruby_wax

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | TED Speaker

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and leader of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group.
Cognitive neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sarah_jayne_blakemore

Ryan Martin | TED Speaker

Dr. Ryan Martin is the chair of the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ryan_martin
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