How Deepika Padukone is helping people get access to mental health services

How Deepika Padukone is helping people get access to mental health services

On a warm October afternoon in Chinna Ikkam village of Tiruvallur district, about 80km from Chennai, six women in pink saris are seated on plastic chairs in a semicircle. They are all facing Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone. The women, all Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), discuss in detail the numerous mental health issues prevalent in … Read more

Deepika Padukone used to have thoughts of suicide, has suffered depression and mental illness

Deepika Padukone used to have thoughts of suicide, has suffered depression and mental illness

Deepika Padukone NGO Love Laugh Foundation: Mental patients are increasing rapidly all over the world for some time now. When a person is mentally ill, people and society look at the person with a sense of slander, due to which the victim reaches a more terrible situation. Being mentally ill is not a disease that … Read more