Korean dramas are known for highlighting taboos and myths. Mental health is no more a stigma and topic that should get talked about behind closed doors. Korea has successfully created some top-notch series to learn about mental health. They have been careful while scripting and managed not to disrespect anybody. These are some dramas that emphasize the importance of mental well-being.
1. It’s Okay, That’s Love
The story is about an arrogant author and DJ. He meets a rookie workaholic psychiatrist for his obsessive-compulsive disorder. They have opposite thoughts, but they fall in love.
2. Good Doctor
The story is about a pediatric surgeon with an autism spectrum. He has to face rude peers who think he is incapable of spontaneous activities and only relies on his photogenic memory.
3. Healer
The story is about an illegal night messenger who can fight and a reporter with post-traumatic stress disorder because of her violent childhood memories. A journalist hires the fighter to protect the reporter from the enemies following her for a long time.
4. Heart To Heart
The series is about a girl who quits school because she has a major anti-social disorder and doesn't step out of her house. After her grandmother passes, she involuntarily tries to leave her home. She seeks the help of a psychiatrist, his mother is suffering from depression, and his sister he has to look after.
5. Rain Or Shine
The series is about two people coincidentally meeting after they lose their loved ones in the same accident. They suppress their emotions and develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They help each other through the hard times.
6. Come And Hug Me
The series is about two people separated by the detective's father, who was a psycho serial killer. The detective meets the girl again, and she is an aspiring actress who gets panic attacks after her parent's brutal murder.
7. Chocolate
The story is about a neurosurgeon and a cook who deals with depression and panic attacks because she was left alone at a departmental store by her mother. She meets the neurosurgeon and learns chocolate making, which soothes her.
8. Madame Antoine
The series is about a fortune teller who is also a cafe owner and believes she is related to the French queen Marie Antoinette. But her fortune-telling business starts to dip after a psychologist opens up his clinic above her cafe for his love experiment.
9. Clean With Passion For Now
The story is about a quirky and chaotic girl working at the cleaning company of a CEO with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The CEO is taken aback by the antics of the girl but accepts the way she is and falls in love.
10. Extracurricular
The series is about a high school student trying to figure out his university tuition fees by creating an app for women who want to earn money by going on dates. A sociopath classmate finds this and insists on joining him in this business.
