Helen M. Farrell, M.D. is an enthusiastic and experienced medical professional. A Board Certified Psychiatrist, writer and speaker. Dr. Farrell works in private practice in Boston, MA.

She frequently contributes expert psychiatric commentary to the media and press. Her work has appeared in various media outlets and her TED-Ed talks on mental illness have over 30 million collective views.

Dr. Farrell gained recognition for her original JAMA article, “A House Built Out of Madness” which sought to overcome stereotypes of mental illness.  Dr. Farrell’s 2015 TEDx Talk, “Creating Hope for Mental Health” has been viewed across the globe and is transforming perceptions of mental illness from stigma into acceptance. Dr. Farrell served on the Harvard Medical School faculty for over a decade, where she was an award-winning lecturer.

Dr. Farrell is a medical graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. There she was initially moved by the lyrical and sensitive prose of literary geniuses whose writings gave mental illness an acceptable voice.