World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7 to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is an opportunity to draw global attention to and increase public awareness about a topic of public health importance.This year, the World Health Day focuses on depression with the theme “Depression: Let's talk” with the aim that more people with depression, in all countries, seek and get help. As per the WHO, 1 in 4 persons will suffer from a mental disorder in their lifetime and 10% of the population suffers from depression at any given point.
Unfortunately, unlike other diseases with evident physical symptoms, people living with depression do not get the necessary help given the strong social stigma attached to the condition. The need of the hour is to raise mass level awareness about how the medical fraternity, caregivers, and peers or family…
