PREVAILING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN TODAY’S WORLD

In today’s developing world, in which no person has the spare time to sit back and relax because of the workload, social involving and family issues. Mental health has become a major concern nowadays as the majority of the population is facing some mental issues. If we ponder upon the recent data given by the Oxford University about 14% of the world’s burden of disease is related to mental health. A great man once said “If one is mentally ill, then he is not physically well too”, it’s true to a larger extent.

Dr. Brock Chisholm, the first Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 1954, had presciently declared that “without mental health there can be no true physical health.”

From 1954 to till now, it’s been almost 66 years but sadly there is a continuous going peak in the graph of the persons facing mental issues. Everyone in today’s advanced world is so busy in their own work, or socialising that they didn’t get anytime for themselves. Also, mental illness is underestimated always over physical health, but the truth is that a mentally well body can cure the physical illness but a physically well body will not be able to cure the mental illness.

On an average 28 students commit Suicide daily in India, Every hour we loose 1 student just in India. It has now become very horrible, these numbers are just heartbreaking. The National Crime Records Bureau states that 10,159 students committed suicide in 2018, an increase from 9905 in 2017, and 9478 in 2016.

 

Major Prevailing Mental Health Issues in Today’s world are:

·       Depression: Depression is a mental disorder which gives the feeling of permanent sadness and loss of interest over a seemingly long period of time.

 

·       Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: ADHD normally happens at the age of childhood but can also resist till being adult.

 

·       Bipolar Disorder: Bipolar Disorder is an illness that produces dramatic mood swings. One can be happy for a moment and depressed in the other.

 

There are many such mental illness which people faces everyday but they are either unknown of the phase they are going through or they are underestimated by their family, friends etc.

 

Ways to lighten up Depression:

If somebody is having depression, the simplest way to cure their pain is by talking to them, asking them about what has happened to them and what has let them so down. After knowing the root cause we can easily fix this illness by being with that person, making them happy, by talking more and more with them.

Who is at risk from mental disorders?

Mentally ill does not only include an individual attributes such as the ability to manage ones thought, emotions , behaviours, and interaction with others but also Social, economical, political, environmental factors such as Working conditions and lifestyle.

 

WHO's (World Health Organisation) Aid towards Mental illness:

WHO's mental health plan 2013-2020 states four major Objectives –

·       More effective leadership and governance for mental health.

·       Implementation of new strategies to go past illness.

·       Strengthened information systems, evidence and research.

·       The provision of comprehensive, integrated mental health and social care services.

 

CONCLUSION:

Mental illness is very drastic for any individual. We all should always be aware of our beloved ones, get in touch with them, talk with them, and talk about your good and bad. Don’t keep anything inside which keep scratching you from beneath. The longer we will talk the more we will know each other and help each other.

 

 

Source: WHO (world health Organisation)