La salud mental es salud | Yael Valdés | TEDxUCAL

Yael affirms that all our emotions are valid; they are the language that unites us universally. When their intensity is very high, they persist for a long time, or they interfere with our personal values ​​and goals, they cause significant discomfort that requires additional attention. The ability to express our emotional distress is as important as expressing our physical discomfort, and the taboo surrounding mental health has only contributed to alarming suicide rates worldwide. It is regrettable that in Peru, knowing that 33.7% of the population will require mental health care at some point in their lives, there are only around 1,100 psychiatrists for 33 million inhabitants. The key to life lies in accepting that emotions exist and are there to communicate something to us, and that "mental health is as important as physical health," concludes Yael Valdés Querol: a psychiatrist, DBT psychotherapist, and clinical sexologist. She is also a medical surgeon specializing in psychiatry and a mental health activist. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx