Seeing mental illness: Elyn Saks at TEDGlobal2012
A professor with schizophrenia Elyn Saks has chronic schizophrenia, and she is a professor of law, psychology and psychiatry at USC. She might have spent her life in the back ward of a hospital, but...
View ArticleThomas Insel’s insights on mental health: a tale of two TED playlists
In the past 30 years, major advances have been made when it comes to treating several serious diseases. Today, there are 85% fewer deaths from leukemia and 63% fewer fatalities from heart disease than...
View ArticleEverything you ever wanted to know about voice hearing (but were too afraid...
Eleanor Longden gave a candid talk about the fact that she hears voices at TED2013. Today, we also release her TED Book, which delves further into her experience in the mental health system. Below, all...
View ArticleMy emotional world, externalized: Jon Ronson talks to Eleanor Longden
Jon Ronson, who spoke at TED2012, has a conversation with Eleanor Longden, who gave today’s talk at TED2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson By Jon Ronson In 2010, I made a radio documentary about Eleanor...
View ArticleEleanor Longden’s selections for further reading on voice hearing
Eleanor Longden shares her experience of hearing voices at TED2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson Eleanor Longden’s riveting story – featured in today’s talk and more in depth in the new TED Book,...
View ArticleTreating the diagnosis rather than the individual: A look at the increase in...
By Grace Rubenstein Eleanor Longden’s new TED Book, Learning from the Voices in My Head, charts her harrowing journey from terrified young woman trembling in a psychiatric ward to a Eleanor Longden:...
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