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We Train Soldiers for War. Let’s Train Them to Come Home, Too | TedTalks

Hector Garcia: We Train Soldiers for War. Let’s Train Them to Come Home, Too Before soldiers are sent into combat, they’re trained on how to function in an immensely dangerous environment. But they also need training on how to return from the battlefield to civilian life, says psychologist Hector Garcia. Applying the same principles used […]

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The Bridge Between Suicide and Life | TedTalks

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Kevin Briggs: The Bridge Between Suicide and Life For many years Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a popular site for suicide attempts. In a sobering, deeply personal talk Briggs shares stories from those he’s spoken — and

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Break The Silence for Suicide Attempt Survivors; TedActive

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JD Schramm: Break The Silence for Suicide Attempt Survivors Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. At TEDYou, JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed

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A Tale of Mental Illness From The Inside; TedGlobal

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Elyn Saks- A Tale of Mental Illness From The Inside “Is it okay if I totally trash your office?” It’s a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn’t a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In

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The Voices in My Head | TedTalks

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Eleanor Longden: The Voices in My Head To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into

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How Electroshock Therapy Changed Me | TedTalks

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Sherwin Nuland : How Electroshock Therapy Changed Me Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression — including his own. It’s a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances.

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How we can bring mental health support to refugees | TedTalk

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Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees The global refugee crisis is a mental health catastrophe, leaving millions in need of psychological support to overcome the traumas of dislocation and conflict. To undo the damage, child psychiatrist and TED Fellow Essam Daod has been working in camps, rescue boats and the

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Confessions of a Depressed Comic| TedxKids

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Kevin Breel : Confessions of a Depressed Comic Kevin Breel didn’t look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. But he tells the story of the night he realized that — to save his own life — he needed to say four simple words.

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How To Start A Conversation About Suicide | Ted@Westpac

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Jeremy Forbes: How to Start a Conversation About Suicide Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide — but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he’s on a mission to teach people how to start a conversation about it.

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Art Can Heal PTSD’s Invisible Wounds | TedMed 2015

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Melissa Walker: Art Can Heal PTSD’s Invisible Wounds Trauma silences its victims, says creative arts therapist Melissa Walker, but art can help those suffering from the psychological wounds of war begin to open up and heal. In this inspiring talk, Walker describes how mask-making, in particular, allows afflicted servicemen and women reveal what haunts them

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Sangu Delle: There’s no shame in taking care of your mental health | TedTalk

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There’s no shame in taking care of your mental health When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn’t take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that’s

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Andrew Solomon; Depression, The Secret We Share; TedX

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Depression, The Secret We Share “The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment.” In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression. That

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