Editing Ruby Wax (section)

==Mental health campaigning==
[[File:Ruby-Wax-2016 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Wax in 2016]]
Wax has been open about her struggles with [[bipolar disorder]] and [[major depressive disorder|depression]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/17/ruby-wax-depression-interview | title=Ruby Wax: 'I think I became a cartoon to escape how ill I was' | date=July 17, 2011 | website=Guardian.com }}</ref> She made an online series on mental health issues for the BBC and has worked with mental health charities.

Wax's 2010 stand-up show ''Losing It'' dealt with her mental health, including time she spent in a psychiatric clinic.<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/feb/27/ruby-wax-losing-it-live | date=February 27, 2011 | title=Ruby Wax, Losing It – review | website=Guardian.com }}</ref> Wax founded the mental health website (which is now part of the [[SANE (charity)|SANE]] mental health charity) in 2011 in response to the audience reaction from her theatre show.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.sane.org.uk |website=SANE, mental health charity - emotional support, research and campaigning}}</ref>

In 2013, Wax published ''Sane New World'', which became a number-one best-seller. It was followed in January 2016 by ''A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rubywax.net/blog/an-announcement |title=An Announcement... |website=RubyWax.net |date=25 February 2015}}</ref> In 2018 her third book on the subject of mental health came out: ''How to Be Human: The Manual'', written with the help of a [[neuroscientist]] and a monk.

In June 2015, Wax was appointed visiting professor in Mental Health Nursing at the [[University of Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Tanya |date=24 June 2015 |title=Ruby Wax appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/mediacentre/press/2015/ruby-wax-appointed-visiting-professor-university-surrey |website=[[University of Surrey]]}}</ref> In the [[2015 Special Honours]], she was appointed an [[Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for her services to mental health.<ref name="obeaward">{{cite web |date=27 April 2015 |title=Ruby Wax to be awarded OBE for mental health work |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32477545 |access-date=27 April 2015 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=2015awards>{{cite web |title=Honorary Awards |date=2015 |publisher=Gov.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509363/2015_Honorary_Awards_-_Final.pdf}}</ref>

In May 2023, Wax released her new book and accompanying audiobook ''I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was'', which details her recent life including further time spent receiving psychiatric treatment and battles against depression.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/04/im-not-as-well-as-i-thought-i-was-by-ruby-wax-audiobook-review-a-wild-ride-through-depression|title=I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was by Ruby Wax audiobook review – a wild ride through depression|website=The Guardian|last=Sturges|first=Fiona|date=4 August 2023|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> She toured a one-woman show based on the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/nov/22/ruby-wax-im-not-as-well-as-i-thought-i-was-review|title=Ruby Wax: I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was review – wandering towards wellness|website=The Guardian|last=Logan|first=Brian|date=22 November 2023|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/what-to-see/ruby-wax-theatre-royal-brighton-review/|title=Ruby Wax offers a confused but charismatic journey around mental health|website=The Telegraph|last=Harding|first=Tim|date=15 September 2023|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref>