Mental Health

Mental health as defined by World Health Organisation (WHO), is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. It includes social, psychological and emotional well-being of an individual. It is the foundation for emotions, thinking, communication and learning.

Mental health is also the key to relationships, personal and emotional well-being. Mental illness are health condition which involves changes in emotion, thinking or behaviour (or a combination of these). Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. It is a medical problem, just like diabetes, asthma etc. Some of the symptoms, or simply we can call it example  of mental health includes depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviours.

         

The scenario of mental health in India is in worst stage. People still use terms like 'pagal', 'mental hai kya' so casually, that it reminds of 18-19th century. Also there is still a lot sigma attached to mental illness, people don't want to talk about this at all.

Every individual has some risk of developing a mental health disorder, regardless of age, gender, income or ethnicity. In United States and many other developed countries, we have proper psychologist whom people refer to when in need. But in India, we simply ignore or give up over this problem. As it is thought that it not a problem, which needs to treated or it's a permanent disease which can't be diagnosed.

             

Mental health condition are treatable and improvement is possible. Many people with mental health condition returns to full functioning after treatment. The patient needs to consult good Psychologist and follow his counselling classes and medications. As stated above, it's not a permanent disease, it can be treated through meditation sessions and medicines. Public awareness programs should be launched in order to spread information about this problem. We should understand that humanity stands above all.

Location: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

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