Kangana Ranaut’s statement on depression is problematic and untrue for mental illnesses

The premature dying of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has snowballed from a suicide enquiry case to an investigation on medication racket within the business and whereas the controversial debates on appearing professionals and scintillating statements on psychological well being circumstances adopted, one tweet on melancholy by diva Kangana Ranaut is a purple flag in itself. With an enormous fan following just like the one Kangana enjoys, such weird claims and unscientific statements not solely stigmatise psychological well being additional but additionally place us a number of steps again within the battle in opposition to it.

Taking to her Twitter deal with just lately, Kangana had shared a information clip and harassed, “Repeat after me, depression is a consequence of drug abuse. So called high society rich star children who claim to be classy and have a good upbringing ask their manager ,” MAAL HAI KYA?” #boycottBollywoodDruggies #DeepikaPadukone (sic).” The tweet was sufficient to provide sleepless nights to psychological well being professionals together with certainly one of India’s main psychological well being establishments, VIMHANS Mental Health & Rehab who retweeted Kangana’s assertion with the warning, “Do NOT (sic).”

 

While VIMHANS’ debunking of such fantasy was a lot appreciated by netizens who retweeted it extensively over 1.1k instances, sadly, Kangana’s deceptive tweet might need reached many who don’t take into account melancholy as a well being dysfunction like different illnesses within the first place. It is like we live again at midnight ages and want to high school those that melancholy isn’t merely unhappiness however one of many many signs of the psychological sickness.

On a extra grim notice, India is essentially the most depressed nation on this planet the place each sixth particular person requires remedy since not less than 6.5% of Indians undergo from critical psychological issues, as per a 2018 report by the World Health Organisation and National Care Of Medical Health. Kangana’s tweet rides on the again of the already prevalent taboo round melancholy and psychological sicknesses which holds again sufferers of the situation from searching for remedy, hospitalisation or rehabilitation companies.

As per the WHO, melancholy might be brought about attributable to various organic, psychological and social components. One can’t snap out of it by “talking to someone” or treatment from it by participating in a job or just by giving up their addictions and so Kangana’s irresponsible tweet is problematic, unfaithful and even triggering for some other than being deceptive.

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