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Actress Deepika Padukone on Wednesday told her instinct of fighting depression in a powerful message in honor of World Mental Health Day.
In a video posted on his account, Padukone says he was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2014 and the need to destigmatize mental illness.
In 2014, I was diagnosed with clinical depression, "Padukone said. "But in India, 90% of people with depression do not seek help. Depression is like any other illness that requires intervention. "
Padukone now encourages others to feel free to share their stories about mental illness without stigma, using the hashtag, #NotAshamed. Since her diagnosis, the actress has been actively involved in raising awareness of mental illness, including founding the Live Love Laugh Foundation to promote mental health care.
See Padukone's articles on mental health below.
As far as America is concerned, clinical depression diagnoses have grown since 2013, according to a report published in 2018 by Blue Cross Blue Shield.
