Collaboration with The Live Love Laugh Foundation
In light of the current state of Mental Health in our country and Deepika Padukone’s personal encounter with mental health concerns such as Depression and Anxiety, The Live Love Laugh Foundation was founded by Deepika Padukone to champion the cause of Mental Health in India. As it is based out of Delhi, TLLLF reached out to Manas Foundation, to be the partners running the program in Delhi NCR. Considering the common organizational goals and target populations, Manas Foundation has implemented the “You are not alone Students School program: a series of workshops for students and teachers”, across 120 schools located in Delhi NCR.
An Overview Of Workshops
The workshops are used as an interactive media to initiate a comprehensive discussion on Mental Health and related themes. The workshop utilizes videos, pictorial cues, interesting activities and student participation to encourage facilitation of psycho-educative discussions and contextualizing it to the lives of students and teachers.
Themes covered in the students workshops:
Mental health and its understanding
Common stressors in the lives of school students
Depression- symptoms, causes and management
Anxiety- symptoms, causes and management
Social media and mental health
Preventive mental health practices and help seeking behavior
Role of a therapist
Self harm and suicide
Themes covered in the teachers workshops:
The themes covered in the teachers workshops are parallel to themes covered in the students’ workshops but with a focus on how the teachers can redress these issues when observed among their students. A few additional themes covered in the teachers’ workshops are provided below.
Role of a teacher
Student mental health: Why we need to talk!
Mental health concerns among students
How teachers can help?
Suicide and Self Harm among students
Till date, almost 13,000 students and 4000 teachers have attended these workshops across 120 school in Delhi NCR.