In 2015, a famous Bollywood actor -Deepika Padukone -opened up in the media about her struggle with depression (Indian Express, 2021).It was her mother who recognized the symptoms and ensured she got treated for it.Padukone admitted that the stigma around mental health initially posed a dilemma for her and her family in seeking immediate professional help.A celebrity openly sharing her mental health problem was until then unheard of in India.It opened up a country-wide discussion on the hidden and ignored burden of mental health in the country, its prevalence and impact, the associated stigma and lack of awareness about its symptoms and pathways to prevention and treatment.The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the importance of focusing on mental health when people struggled to cope with social isolation, loneliness, and sudden loss of lives and livelihoods amid a huge scarcity of accessible and affordable mental health services.
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