Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly suffered from clinical depression; Mumbai police to investigate

Clinical Depression

Clinical depression is an illness of the mind where the subject is often low on interest, has a persistent depressed mood and goes through changes in sleeping patterns, eating habits and a fall in regular routine if the situation is severe.

Sushant Singh’s signs of depression

According to Police statements, Sushant Singh Rajput was showing signs of clinical depression and was also apparently visiting a psychiatrist.

Home Minister Anil Deshmukh took to twitter and tweeted on the 15th of June that although the post mortem reports concluded the death to be a suicide, the Mumbai Police would furthur investigate on the actor’s battle with depression.

While the post mortem report says actor @itsSSR committed suicide by hanging himself, there are media reports that he allegedly suffered from clinical depression because of professional rivalry. @MumbaiPolice will probe this angle too.

— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) June 15, 2020

As the entertainment world crumbles at this news, we pay our condolences and hope that Sushant’s family finds peace.

Bollywood on depression

Depression is a serious mental illness and many celebrities have come forth to talk on the subject so that the stigma of it being a “mental disorder” is eradicated.

As far as Bollywood is concerned, many prominent actors such as Deepika Padukone, Anushka Shama, Varun Dhawan, Shah Rukh Khan and more have made it a point to talk on mental health as much as they can and moreover, transparently.