#032 Mental Health Crisis - Is Community The Answer? (with Chirlane McCray)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.8 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray joins me to discuss America's mental health crisis, why our society breeds depression, the importance of mental health reform, and her organisation ‘Thrive NYC’.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Under the Skin with me Russell Brand for a special event this November
0:06.9	the 1st I will be reading from my book Recovery as well as performing my hit show Rebirth.
0:15.4	If you buy tickets to come and see it you will get both. You will get a little bit of both.
0:20.5	Go to russlebrand.ctickets.com or eventim.co.uk and use the discount code
0:29.0	skin to get 10% off the price of this unique possibly spectacular and doubtably bizarre event.
0:38.5	Recovery and Rebirth bound together. Ah what glory majesty now it's time for Under the Skin.
0:59.3	Shalane McCray is an American writer and activist and has first lady of New York City is married to
1:14.1	current mayor Bill de Blasio. Shalane created Thrive NYC the most comprehensive mental health plan
1:19.5	of any city or state in the nation and she's recognised nationally as a powerful champion of mental
1:24.4	health reform. Additionally she spearheads the city's Thrive Coalition of mayors with
1:28.6	representation of more than 150 cities from all 50 states advocating for more integrated and
1:34.0	better funded behavioral health system. Shalane McCray thank you very much for joining me
1:40.2	for Under the Skin I'm very grateful to you for making time it's lovely to be in New York City
1:46.5	speaking to a member of the first family why is mental health so important to you?
1:53.8	Well first vessel welcome to New York City and congratulations on your new book and thank you so
2:00.0	much for speaking out on addiction and mental illness it's so important to me because so many
2:08.2	people are suffering so many people are struggling we've got a culture of stigma in our country
2:14.8	about well everywhere around mental illness and in substance abuse and and we've got to do
2:20.4	something about it because it's all treatable it's part of the human condition to have these
2:26.4	diseases it's all they are they're all treatable and and I just I can't praise you enough for
2:33.8	for talking about it we've got to do more of that people live your stature stepping up and
2:41.6	talking about your life and what you've gone through really helps make other people feel
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