# What's so funny about mental illness?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Ruby Wax
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ruby_wax_what_s_so_funny_about_mental_illness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax -- except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of mental illness.

## Lectures

1. [What's so funny about mental illness?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ruby_wax_what_s_so_funny_about_mental_illness/b40814f54a99), 9 min (TED's player)