The Diagnosis Effect: The Power of the Mind

Our minds — and in particular our beliefs and expectations — shape how we see ourselves and how we think about the future.

In her inspiring TEDx talk, Chelsea Roff takes viewers on a riveting tour of the profound effects a diagnosis can have on the life of the person being diagnosed and those around them. She proposes the idea that it's time we turn away from the idea that people with mental illness and sick and diseased — and it's time that we turn toward a more nuanced vision of the mind and what's possible.