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Ruby Wax

As part of its twentieth anniversary, HARDtalk takes another look at its 2013 interview with Ruby Wax, a comedian who wants to change the stigma associated with mental illness.

As part of its twentieth anniversary, HARDtalk takes another look at its 2013 interview with Ruby Wax. Mental illness is the invisible scourge of modern life, and it comes with a stigma. To admit to depression, or another illness of the mind, has been to risk being labelled as weak, self-indulgent or mad. Ruby Wax wants to change that. She made her name as a comedian and TV entertainer; long experience of depression eventually took her into neuroscience and psychotherapy. Mental illness raises difficult questions, but where did she find answers?

30 minutes

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Tue 19 Sep 2017 19:30GMT

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Presenter Stephen Sackur

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