The film has been developed to alert young people aged between 14 and 21 to the signs of mental health problems, such as depression, and remove some of the stigma attached to mental health issues.
The film, which is to be broadcast across five of MTV's satellite channels for the next two weeks, is part of the department's mental health youth campaign called Read the Signs, which asks users to identify their problems using mock road signs that communicate issues such as anxiety and panic.
Once a user has identified their signs, the site then provides suggestions on where to find help.
Developed by graphic design and creative agency, NowWash-YourHands, the film is being shown on MTV as part of the music broadcaster's own project, which is challenging viewers to send in films of their own highlighting the issues that surround mental health.
Peter Wilson, director of mental health organisation Young Minds, welcomed the approach of the campaign, compared with other campaigns that he said could add to the stigma surrounding mental health.
"They end up showing you freaks or someone who's demented, which almost reinforces the stigma," said Wilson. "The way to destigmatise the issue is to say we're all mental, as it were, and not isolate one group. It's a question of bringing the words into everyday vocabulary."
www.readthesigns.org.
