Be like a goldfish, and you'll be happy, according to Ted Lasso, the professional soccer coach in Apple TV+'s feel-good comedy.

Why? Because goldfish have 10-second memories and never dwell on past mistakes and failures, Ted tells his team, AFC Richmond, after a difficult loss.

The cast of "Ted Lasso" visited the White House to participate in a press conference about mental health on March 20, after the third season of the show kicked off just a few days prior. The show explores Ted's panic attacks after he spends decades bottling up trauma from his father's suicide when he was 16. Ted also struggles with an impending divorce from his wife and separation from his young son in the United States while he works in England. The show destigmatizes mental illness in a workplace setting, sweetened by comedy and Ted's folksy American witticisms.

"They are shining a light on an issue that needs a brighter light shone on it," said Michael Cohen, an attorney with Duane Morris in Philadelphia. "There's a great deal of work that needs to be done" because people are still uncomfortable disclosing their mental illness at work.

"People have anxiety about tasks. They have anxiety about a manager who yells at them. They have depression when they see their co-workers let go by the thousands," said Dan Pontius, president of Choose Mental Health, an Orem, Utah-based nonprofit focused on children's mental health. The show is "bringing real mental health issues into a fictional workplace, and...

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