The students as the ambassadors of change should educate the people about mental health. They should carry the message forward and try to sensitize and educate fellow citizens in understanding its importance. There is a dire need to create awareness about mental health challenges and to promote dialogue on innovative solutions that can contribute to better mental well-being in the community. If there is no mental peace, the repercussions could be very disruptive for the patient as well as for the family; and if not addressed timely, mental illnesses can give birth to other social issues like drug abuse and ultimately crime. Mental health is an integral and essential component of health. The WHO constitution states: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” An important implication of this definition is that mental health is more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities. There is no health without mental health and Covid brought with it a huge mental burden as the number of mental health cases increased due to isolation, unemployment, etc. Moreover, people do not talk about mental health because it is stigmatized. Although a lot of work has been done to sensitize the masses about the importance of mental health, we still need to understand the local narrative.
