Mental Illness - the Elephant in our Swedish "society room" | Klas Bergling | TEDxSSE

Klas Bergling talks about mental illness and how, not only people, but also society are affected by it. What are the factors that increase the cases of mental illness and what needs to be done to decrease it? Klas Bergling, with his wife Anki Lidén, is the founder of the Tim Bergling foundation and is the father of late Tim Berling, also known as Avicii - one of the world's most beloved artist and songwriter in modern music.

The foundation tirelessly works to recognize, advocate and fundamentaly prevent suicide and mental illness, especially among the youth. In addition, the foundation has expanded to help areas of climate change, protection of species and nature conservation.

Together with Bris, Mind and Suicide Zero, the foundation has launched the campaign “A better day” , a campaign hoping to achieve that one day, young people will not have to suffer from mental illnesses. 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