Silja shares with us what it is like to be in a state of depression by conveying her own experience. She seeks to destigmatize depression and mental illness and encourages us to take a different look at how we as a society deal with these issues. Silja is a film theory student at the University of Iceland, columnist and motivational speaker who focuses on depression and related matters.
Ellen Forney is a passionate storyteller and artist who turned her bipolar diagnosis into a platform of hope for anyone struggling with mental health issues. In this moving and generous talk, Ellen uses both words and pictures — her own comics —to share the story of how she maintained her creativity while managing her illness and shares the system she developed for achieving balance and keeping it.
In this heart wrenching, honest and surprising talk, Camille Mehta shares the steps to help you or someone you know survive maternal mental illness. Camille Mehta is a visual artist, teacher, speaker, poet and mom of four children. After struggling with debilitating depression and anxiety during her pregnancies and in the months postpartum, Camille has made it her mission to end the isolation and shame that so many new parents face.
Dr Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and writer who lives and teaches in Oxford, England, where he also runs the Oxford Wine Academy and the Meaning of Madness Course. He is the recipient of the Society of Authors' Richard Asher Prize, the British Medical Association's Young Authors' Award, and the Medical Journalists' Association Open Book Award.
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