Davanagere: Deepika Padukone, in a rare initiative, visited a primary healthcare centre in Jagalur taluk of the district to create awareness about mental depression.
A victim of depression herself, Deepika launched the “Live, Love and Laugh Foundation” to battle the menace of depression which claims innocent lives across the globe. She is spearheading the foundation started with a noble cause.
Deepika Foundation in collaboration with APD Foundation based locally, provides relevant information to fight depression and also shares the financial burden associated with its treatment.
During her visit to Pallaghatte Primary Healthcare Centre, Deepika met few Doctors and Asha workers striving to help those fighting depression in their personal lives.
Deepika had recently admitted that she was still battling with her psychological disease, while speaking at India Economic Summit, and gone on to add, “I don’t think I can say that I’m completely over it (depression). There is always a fear at the back of my mind that I might have a relapse because it has been such a bad experience for me.”
She aims to do away with the stigma attached with depression and other mental illnesses by including it as a part of the curriculum in schools.
In most cases, failures in personal relationships, career goals lead to depression, opine experts.
A 19-year-old B Com student named Monica from Siddarthnagar in Mysore committed suicide on October 9 and her death has been attributed to depression.
Deepika understandably, wants to reach to such victims of depression to save their precious lives.
