Joshua Waters, TED talk – ‘On being just crazy enough’
At TED’s Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who’s bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental “skillness.”
Creative Category: Video
Phil Borges TED talk – ‘Psychosis or spiritual awakening’
Phil’s recent project, Inner Worlds, explores cultural differences with respect to consciousness and mental illness.
Tim Rhys-Evans: All in the Mind
Tim Rhys-Evans shares his personal experience of mental illness in this one-off documentary.
Stranger on the Bridge Documentary from Channel 4
The inspirational true story of Jonny Benjamin’s global search to find ‘Mike’: the stranger who talked him out of jumping off Waterloo Bridge in 2008.
A Tale of Mental Illness From the Inside – Elyn Saks
Elyn Saks talks about living with schizophrenia and asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly and compassionately.
Recovery a US perspective
Seven videos discussing the work that Sainsbury Centre is doing on recovery in America. Originally uploaded 30 September 2009
The Danger of a Single Story – Chimamanda Adichie
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Shery Mead Consulting – Intentional Peer Support, Krasman Centre Training Workshop
Shery provides an overview of intentional peer support and the training workshop sponsored by the Krasman Centre.