Highlights:<\/p>\n
Deepika Padukone to lead India\u2019s mental health awareness efforts<\/p>\n
On World Mental Health Day, actor and advocate Deepika Padukone was appointed India\u2019s first Mental Health Ambassador by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The move acknowledges her decade-long commitment to mental health advocacy through her Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLL), which she founded in 2015 after speaking publicly about her own experience with depression.<\/p>\n
Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda said the partnership with Padukone will help expand awareness, reduce stigma, and highlight mental health as a vital part of public health policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeeply honoured to serve this cause,\u201d says Deepika<\/p>\n
Sharing the news on Instagram, Padukone wrote that she was \u201cdeeply honoured\u201d by the appointment. She added, \u201cUnder our Prime Minister\u2019s leadership, India has made meaningful progress in prioritising mental health. I look forward to working with the Ministry to build a mentally healthy nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
In her new role, Padukone will work closely with the ministry to promote government initiatives like Tele MANAS, drive de-stigmatisation efforts, and help design strategies for equal mental health access across India.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on her journey, she said, \u201cTen years ago, it was about helping people realise that what they\u2019re feeling has a name and that it\u2019s okay to seek help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Advocating a blend of science and tradition<\/p>\n
Padukone believes the future of mental health care in India lies in combining modern science with traditional Indian practices such as yoga and meditation. She hopes mental health conversations will soon become as common in homes and schools as \u201cgully cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pathaan and Singham Again star continues to balance her on-screen career with her advocacy work. She will next be seen in Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s King and Atlee\u2019s next project alongside Allu Arjun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Highlights: Deepika Padukone appointed as India\u2019s first Mental Health Ambassador by the Union Health Ministry. The actor will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[16913,18,135,19,17,167,5656,502,2101,1114,70971],"class_list":{"0":"post-115232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-deepika-padukone","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-mental-health-awareness","15":"tag-mentalhealth","16":"tag-public-health","17":"tag-social-media","18":"tag-union-health-ministry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}