Translator: Hiroko Kawano Reviewer: Peter van de Ven Looking around, I noticed that every one of you brought you brain today. (Laughter) In all seriousness, most of us take our brain for granted. You don’t actually have to think about how it works, it just does. But that’s a luxury that people with a traumatic …
What’s one of several police shootings involving people with mental illness. 18-year-old, Keith Vidal, struggled with schizophrenia. He wasn’t violent, and all they wanted was help getting him to treatment. Seconds later, the officers shot and killed him. They murdered our son! For no reason! Another disturbing video that raises questions about the treatment of …
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Translator: Ellen Maloney Reviewer: Denise RQ Well, hello. I feel really at home here, you know, because I’ve been to Guantanamo many times, 34 times. So being in a very small enclosed area, and the bright interrogation lights, not allowed food or water, I mean, it’s just like home to me. (Laughter) I wanted to …
Read more My father, mental illness and the death penalty | Clive Stafford Smith | TEDxExeter
There is a paucity of mental health services in the community. Are you worried? A little bit, yeah. There’s really no system that’s really looking out for them. We’re just leaving them to fend for themselves. Today, man, I am a better man. I am getting better. I just can’t think to myself that a …
Translator: Tanya Cushman Reviewer: Peter van de Ven So 16 years ago, I was working nights as a stand-up comic. And I’m not going to lie: right now I’d much rather be holding the microphone in my hand than having it strapped to my face like some nerd doing a TED … Talk. (Laughter) Comedy …
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