Mission Statement

Born This Way Foundation is committed to supporting the wellness of young people and empowering them to create a kinder and braver world. To achieve these goals, Born This Way Foundation leverages evidence-based programming and authentic partnerships in order to work with young people to build kinder communities and improve mental health resources.

Learn more about Lady Gaga and her Born This Way Foundation.

1 Million +

More than 1 million people have been trained in Mental Health First Aid since the Born This Way Foundation course launched in 2008.

A Survivor

Lady Gaga, a surviior herself, has been vocal about her personal journey with mental health ad living with PTSD as a sexual assault survivor to help combat the stigma.

Age

Based on custom written boolean logic using Talkwalker, the data to the left and below shows data based on the conversationn online where users use "Lady Gaga" in context with mental health related words including "mental health," "mental illness," and "mental wellness." The data is analyzing the past week from April 18th to April 24th.

Based on the data, the conversation around Lady Gaga and mental health is most prominant by those ages 25-34 with 45%, then 25% for 35-44 year olds and 15% for 18-24 year olds.

Gender

"Looking at the data, the conversation that has taken place over the past week indicates that females are more engaged in conversations surrounding mental health in association with Lady Gaga with 58.1% whereas males are 41.9%.

Gender Distribution

The Gender Distribution map indicates how many people have used "Lady Gaga" in association with mental health key words in their own personal posts based on their gender and where they were posted from. In this case, the most conversation has been central to the United States with an almost even split between men and women, with women slightly dominating the conversation.

Themes

In understanding the themes that are associated with content that is posted about Lady GaGa and Mental Illness, we can get a better look into key trends or themes that are taking place online. Based off this, to no surprise the keywords and themes are "health," "mental," "people," "support," and more.

Themes Over Time

The top themes that are associated with Lady Gaga and Mental Health keywords over this past week include "mental health issues" and "profile figures including." Upon looking into it, singer Perrie Edwards had an article about her own experience with mental illness and panic attacks that went viral. It mentioned high profile figures who are bringing mental health to the forefront like Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and Prince Harry.

"There is a lot of shame attached to mental illness, you feel something is wrong with you...but you can't help it when in the morning you wake up, you are so tired, you are so sad, you are so full of anxiety and the shakes that you can barely think ... but [opening up about mental health] was like sayinng this is a part of me and that's okay." Lady Gaga