Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell, Political Strategist and "Mind" Ambassador

Alastair Campbell, Peter van de Ven

Former press secretary Alastair Campbell discusses his career trajectory and draws on his history of severe mental health struggles to outline a management framework centered on expanding one's capacity for positive experiences. He highlights the acute physical and psychological symptoms of depression while contrasting his own self-medication with the forced treatment of his brother to underscore generational disparities in psychiatric care. Campbell concludes by condemning the high rate of suicide among young British men and urging for a more urgent public and political response to address this crisis.