How to alter the perception of mental health care in Russia | Olga Kitaina

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🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

During the Soviet Union era, therapy was often used as a tool of political oppression. Since then, Russia has seen major reforms in mental health care -- but stigmas and distrust for the practice still live on. Psychologist and TED Fellow Olga Kitaina shares the current state of therapy in Russia (where tarot card readers and astrologers sometimes pass as psychoanalysts) and outlines her solution for getting people the professional help they need.

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0:00.0	I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:07.5	What does mental health care look like in a place where caring about mental health is
0:12.1	stigmatized?
0:13.7	In our talk at Ted 2022, psychologist and Ted Fellow Olga Katina shares the outsized
0:19.3	need for mental health in her home country.
0:22.2	And why, if it were more available, the benefits could flow across borders.
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1:32.5	For the past five years, I've been working as a psychologist in Russia.
1:37.0	A country where mental health is stigmatized and people are often afraid to seek professional
1:42.2	health.
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