TED X Come to the Maplewood Library

TED X Come to the Maplewood Library In Depression in Africa: Why Should We Care?, Sean Mayberry will preview his upcoming TED X talk. He will discuss the depression epidemic in Africa, shows the human toll of this disease and explains why the international community does not prioritize this important public health issue. Sean also explains that there are new and cost-effective approaches to treating depression in Africa that can begin to turn the tide against this epidemic, and that these approaches may also be effective for use by more affluent societies battling their own depression epidemics, such as the United States. Sean Mayberry is the Founder and Executive Director of StrongMinds, a non-profit that provides access to mental health services for impoverished Africans. He has twenty years of global management experience in the government, private and non-profit sectors and has lived and worked in the developing world for more than a decade. Monday, June 8 7-8 pm at Main Library