Deepika Padukone, actor and founder of The Leave Love Laugh (LLL) Foundation, has been appointed as the country’s first ‘Mental Health Ambassador’ by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). This step is a big step by the Ministry towards creating a more conducive environment for mental health in the country.

Deepika Padukone becomes mental health ambassador of Union Health Ministry
On this occasion, Shri J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, said, “This partnership with Mrs. Deepika Padukone will help spread awareness about mental health issues in India, promote general discussion on these topics and highlight mental health as an important part of public health.”

Deepika Padukone said, “I have the great honor of becoming the first-time Mental Health Ambassador for the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has made mental health care a priority. I look forward to working with the Ministry to take this work forward and strengthen the mental health of our country.”

In her new role, Deepika Padukone will work with the ministry to:

– Spreading awareness about mental health and changing the misconceptions related to it.
– Encouraging people to seek help and adopt measures to prevent disease.
– To promote Tele-MANAS (Tele-Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States) and other government mental health services.

10th year of Leave Love Laugh Foundation
Along with this, she will work with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to ensure that everyone can easily get help and facilities for mental health. This appointment has taken place at such a time. When the organization helping Deepika Padukone, The Leave Love Laugh Foundation, has completed a journey of 10 years and during this time it has helped people.

New awareness campaigns and well-being programs launched
Over the past ten years, Live Love Laugh has helped more than 21,931 mentally ill people and their caregivers in 15 districts across 8 states through its flagship Rural Community Mental Health Programme. Live Love Laugh has also launched innovative and important awareness campaigns across the country such as “Dobara Poochho” and “#NotAshamed,” as well as “You Are Not Alone” for teenage students and “Doctors Programme” for general doctors. Recently Live Love Laugh has also started a mental health and well being program for companies.

Depression in Youth: Today, the youth of India are so entangled in the pressure of career and studies that problems like mental fatigue, anxiety and depression have become common. Constantly increasing competition, pressure for better results and fear of failure are disturbing the mental balance of the youth.

A recent research has revealed that about 70 percent of the youth in India are struggling with stress and anxiety. Whereas more than 60 percent students are facing symptoms of depression. In such a situation, let us tell you today why youth are struggling with stress and depression and what has come to light in this study.

Survey conducted in eight big cities of the country

This research on youth has been done jointly by SRM University located in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh and the University of Singapore. About 2 thousand students from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad and Kolkata were included in this research. The age of these students was between 18 to 29 years, of which about 52.9 percent were women and 47.1 percent were men. The survey found that about 70 percent of the students are troubled by stress. Whereas symptoms of depression have been felt in 60 percent. Many students said that the pressure of studies, grades and career has made them mentally weak. The students involved in this research say that the constant expectation of better performance and the pressure of studies are increasing their emotional fatigue. Most of them have described themselves as emotionally distressed.

It is important to talk about mental health

Experts from Singapore University involved in this research say that studies and social pressure deeply affect the mental health of students. According to him, in the competition for grades and career, students ignore their emotional development. In such a situation, it is important for universities to promote conversation on mental health.

India’s top institutes are increasing the conversation on mental health.

According to the report, many leading institutions of India are now serious about the mental health of students. Among these institutes, IIT Kharagpur has started Setu app for students. IIT Guwahati has made counseling mandatory for first year students. Peer support sessions and outreach programs are also being run in IIT Kanpur. There are regular discussions on mental health at IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay has partnered with doctors to help students.

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