How to alter the perception of mental health care in Russia | Olga Kitaina
TED Talks Daily5 Jul 2022

How to alter the perception of mental health care in Russia | Olga Kitaina

During the Soviet Union era, therapy was often used as a tool of political oppression. Since then, Russia has seen major reforms in mental health care -- but stigmas and distrust for the practice still live on. Psychologist and TED Fellow Olga Kitaina shares the current state of therapy in Russia (where tarot card readers and astrologers sometimes pass as psychoanalysts) and outlines her solution for getting people the professional help they need.

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The online community supporting queer Africans | Okong'o Kinyanjui

The online community supporting queer Africans | Okong'o Kinyanjui

Feeling safe is a human right -- but in many African countries, colonial-era laws make it dangerous for LGBTQIA+ people to gather and share their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expressi...

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Work is not your family | Gloria Chan Packer

Work is not your family | Gloria Chan Packer

You may need to hear this (if you haven't already): your job is not your family. While you can develop meaningful relationships with your colleagues, calling work your family can actually breed burnou...

28 Sep 202215min

How AI could empower any business | Andrew Ng

How AI could empower any business | Andrew Ng

Expensive to build and often needing highly skilled engineers to maintain, artificial intelligence systems generally only pay off for large tech companies with vast amounts of data. But what if your l...

27 Sep 202211min

How to build for human life on Mars | Melodie Yashar

How to build for human life on Mars | Melodie Yashar

We're going to be building on the Moon this decade -- and next will be Mars, says space architect Melodie Yashar. In a visionary talk, she introduces her work designing off-world shelters with autonom...

26 Sep 202210min

Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper

Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper

Does the key to stopping cancer lie in the heart? Cardiologist Nicholas Leeper digs into emerging scientific research on the link between the world's two leading causes of death, heart disease and can...

23 Sep 202215min

Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated | Anthony Fauci

Is the pandemic actually over? It's complicated | Anthony Fauci

"Be spreaders of facts and truths," says scientist and immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Having advised seven US presidents on various disease outbreaks including COVID-19, he shares insights on the pre...

22 Sep 202228min

You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one | Majora Carter

You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one | Majora Carter

Low-status neighborhoods in the US are often stuck between stagnating assistance from the government and gentrification at the hands of real estate developers. The result is that the brightest minds a...

21 Sep 202217min

Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy | Sara Lomelin

Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy | Sara Lomelin

Philanthropy disruptor Sara Lomelin thinks communities can build power through collective giving and the model of "giving circles": groups of people with shared values who come together to make change...

20 Sep 202213min

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