Improving the Human Condition | Dr. Stan Kutcher | TEDxNSCCWaterfront

What is the key to improving the Human Condition? Dr. Stan Kutcher explains how communities can impact Mental Health Care.

Dr. Stan Kutcher is a professor of psychiatry at Dalhousie University and is an expert in teen mental health. He holds the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health at the IWK Health Centre, and directs the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Mental Health at Dalhousie.
In recent years, Dr. Kutcher has developed a mental health curriculum for high school students and a training program to help educators and health care professionals understand youth depression and suicide. He’s also published a guide to suicide risk management and is working with the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness to address suicide in the province.

Dr. Kutcher has authored more than 200 scientific papers and authored/co-authored a number of medical textbooks. He has been a consultant to various governments, institutions, and organizations on issues pertaining to mental health treatments, mental health research and program reviews in children, adolescents and adults alike.