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How to Alter the Perception of Mental Health Care in Russia | Olga Kitaina | TED

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…

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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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39 Comments

  1. Teddy Dotson

    July 6, 2022 at 12:12 am

    Some do not know what to do as we know what is called knowledge there is what we do not and cannot let one another know, no secret… it is though professionalism marketing and business strategies; giving run around a person doesn’t have to try doesn’t attempt as it were a problem is made and the solution has accidentally and mistakenly come to be this run around. We cannot get along not doing what is correct and not to worry what isn’t correct is that we have every right. It is scary and sad how strange it is to be alive & well, awake & not sick.

  2. Toni

    July 6, 2022 at 12:45 am

    Don’t call the profession “Industry” It makes you sound like a fraud.

  3. Радость Твоя

    July 6, 2022 at 1:38 am

    Do not unite psychological problems of russian and Ukrainians who now suffering because of them!! russians support the war! It’s incurable!!

  4. No one star

    July 6, 2022 at 3:24 am

    And now, cue the Cryptobots! 😂🤣😂

  5. Cyxapb

    July 6, 2022 at 5:49 am

    Turn off TV and Internet and any psychologist doesn’t need.

  6. Tati Psiarenko

    July 6, 2022 at 6:02 am

    You better give psychological help to Russians who is seeking our blood please!

  7. Oliver Cooper

    July 6, 2022 at 7:08 am

    What mental health in russia?)most if them are totally out of their minds thanks to TV,so maybe get rid of those first)?

    • Tom Samuel

      July 6, 2022 at 12:48 pm

      lol,just politicized

  8. Григорій Дьякон

    July 6, 2022 at 7:47 am

    I don’t remember speeches about mental health of Al-Qaida or Talban members. Does mental health matter in terms of terrorists?

    • Elden Ctlhulhu

      July 6, 2022 at 8:27 am

      It is a country with over 140 million people, not a terrorist organisation. The army and the politicians is a different story

    • Именослав Фамильский

      July 9, 2022 at 7:21 pm

      @Elden Ctlhulhu Russian army and Russian politicians come from other planets.

  9. Andry Zirka

    July 6, 2022 at 7:58 am

    Thanks Olga for support

  10. Big John

    July 6, 2022 at 8:17 am

    It’s good that mental illness is stigmatized in Russia and that people know not to make excuses. I wish America would go back to that same way of thinking. You therapists who make mentally ill people out of mere opinions and not facts should be sued for slander. Even those of you trying to help only treat symptoms and not the underlying causes of people wanting to hurt themselves and others.

    • Kenneth Yee

      July 10, 2022 at 12:25 am

      Good points but could be a little more nuanced.

      Psychology, as a science, has evolved far beyond what it was in the 1920’s. Psychotherapy, in practice, is hit-or-miss.

      A good psychotherapist does effectively address underlying root causes using the best that science has to offer, which is the closest thing we have to fact. You might be surprised what the latest research can say about the human mind.

      There are many therapists, though, that will just fill their patients with pills just to see if they behave appropriately. This is a problem even in American medical treatment, where they just want to move a patient’s marks to a baseline, and not address the root cause. Unfortunately, treating superficial symptoms is just the easiest way to do your job in these fields.

      I also say this, because, what if somebody was born without faculties for empathy? Or, on the flip side, what if stigmatizing or dismissing somebody’s internal struggle becomes destructive for them, when they really COULD be treated?

      I firmly believe that the culture around mental health is improving in America. It’s a shame that people will oversimplify mental health to the point of justifying any behavior from laziness to murder, but the bright side of the story is that we understand these behaviors so much more now than ever before, and people are finally coming to accept the idea that people can have different minds as well as a capacity for change.

  11. Blue Neighbourhood

    July 6, 2022 at 10:05 am

    inspirational!!! really like it

  12. Настя Денис

    July 6, 2022 at 10:07 am

    Thank you for your video. I believe that it’s really important to maintain your mental health. I am from Ukraine. My mental health is not stable. I am afraid to sleep at night because russian missiles can fly to my home in the middle of the night. I talk about war a lot. I am afraid of it. It’s not okay when Ukrainians are dying while russians enjoy their lives. You are right that there are a lot of problems with psychotherapy from Soviet Union. History is repeating . russian government is lying about war to its own people. Putin didn’t tell russians that he is killing us. His soldiers are raping our women and bombing civilian objects. They bombed maternity hospitals where were a lot of pregnant women hiding in the shelter. They feel happy when they kill civilians and they are proud of it. I think they are mental ill. Moreover, when russians’ missiles flew to the city building in Kyiv a lot of people died including children. People lost their homes their relatives. The same situation was in Odesa. A Man went to the shop when he returned he saw that his house was bombed by russians missiles. His wife his 1-year-old daughter and mother where home. They all died because of russians. That man lost everything he had. When russians saw it they just laughed at us and said we deserved it. It’s not okay. They all are mental ill and cruel.

    • The United Nation

      July 8, 2022 at 3:59 am

      You must allow sleep to take you at night, and close your eyes for a short breathing meditation everyday to calm your mind. Just a little. Despite all the evil around you, there is beauty in life.

      May the world help the Ukrainians find peace again 🙏🏻 🇺🇦

    • Настя Денис

      July 8, 2022 at 5:32 pm

      @The United Nation Thank you. I appreciate it

  13. Vl Sh

    July 6, 2022 at 11:28 am

    The cure for terrorists, rapists, looters, murderers and war criminals is death. russia is a terrorist state. All of you. who voted for dicktator putin, all of you who is not protesting against war right now are murderers, rapists, looters, terrorists and war criminals. I wish you fast and certain death.

  14. Cameron Wheatley

    July 6, 2022 at 11:45 am

    Stop killing innocent people in Ukraine

  15. Anastasia K

    July 6, 2022 at 12:02 pm

    So important! Thank you ❤️

  16. Tom Samuel

    July 6, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    when you are poor or for living,u never care about your mental health,politicized everything is a just waste of time

  17. Seo Ya

    July 6, 2022 at 1:39 pm

    that is very necessary talk, but what i am worried about is that someone who deperately need this mental therapy or counseling is less likely to watch this video, hope that peope objectify themselves for moving forward.

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      July 6, 2022 at 2:21 pm

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  18. che rocha

    July 6, 2022 at 2:21 pm

    Russian people are deeply misinformed. It’s going to take ejection of Putin and the corrupt and regressive Authoritarians like him then decades and decades of education and social change.

  19. hemant kumar

    July 6, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    After seeing what Russia did, entire world is affected and needs help not only them. As you mentioned “when one of us is wounded all of us share in that wound”.

  20. Vladyslav

    July 6, 2022 at 3:27 pm

    🕊

  21. Ok

    July 6, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    okk

  22. Psychology Index

    July 6, 2022 at 4:26 pm

    Thank you for your video 📼 ❤

  23. flyingmobias

    July 6, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    Step 1: stop committing genocide and whitewashing it as a defensive “military operation”.
    Step 2: leaders should advocate for mental health issue awareness, destigmatization of this matcho man culture, and fund resources for checkups and help (including therapy and meds when needed).
    Step 3: realize Russia is not democratic so the will of the people means very little but over time protests might add up to… something?

    • Именослав Фамильский

      July 9, 2022 at 7:12 pm

      What is people?

  24. Tennessee Jed

    July 6, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    Putin could a little psychotherapy

  25. With Me Ahdi

    July 7, 2022 at 12:18 am

    What about palestine?

    • hdmat101

      July 8, 2022 at 3:18 am

      What about Ukraine

    • Karina Tkach

      July 8, 2022 at 2:13 pm

      @hdmat101 Yeah of course only Ukraine deserves attention.

  26. Natalya Khabenko

    July 9, 2022 at 5:02 am

    Потрясаящая♥️ спасибо!!!

  27. Именослав Фамильский

    July 9, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    Невежд и дикарей исправит психология?

  28. Максим М

    July 11, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    what about Mental Health of people who wear trash on their faces? can u ask them about it from the stage?

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