Mental Health: Language is vital | Siham Omar Abu Ali | TEDxUWCAdriatic

In her talk, Siham takes her love for psychology and uses it to try and change the world’s view of mental health. She wants to try to make this subject less deemed as a taboo. Siham highlights the importance of treating mental health as normally as physical health. Siham is a 17 year old first year student currently studying at the United World College of the Adriatic.
She was 14 years old when she became highly interested in Psychology. She went to educational programs and did research which further helped her increase both her knowledge and passion in the field. Her dream is to study psychology and engage in changing the world’s view of mental health. She wants to try to make this subject less deemed as a taboo. Siham is passionate about highlighting the importance of treating mental health as normally as physical health. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at

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