Inspiring Initiative by Ms Anitha Kannan, Bangalore

One of our Youth Pro volunteers Ms. Anitha Kannan has made a personal commitment to spread mental health awareness over digital platform. She has created a Facebook page called ‘INSPIRING-MINDS’ (www.facebook.com/Inspiring-minds-772932266174236/) where she regularly uploads information useful to the society.

She has already uploaded videos, pictures and information on many mental health related topics. This includes information on various common myths regarding mental illness to change public perception. The page also discusses various incidents where mainstream media has portrayed people with mental illness in negative manner. Another important topic on her page concerns how mental health is related to physical health. Although this connection has been studied scientifically, very often people ignore it and only focus on physical health. She has also posted some inspiring videos to motivate oneself.

This is a good initiative and we wish her success in her efforts to reach out to wider society and make people more aware about mental health.