Capitalism and Mental Health Issues
Capitalism, once hailed as the harbinger of peace, prosperity, and happiness in its quest for global dominance as the sole available alternative, now faces a stark revelation. The recently unveiled…
Mental Illness
Mental Health, Clinical Examination and Social Examination
If despite impressive increase in mental health facilities, mental health problems rise to almost an unprecedented extent in several advanced societies, it may be time to re-examine the entire perspective…
Sociological perspectives on mental health
There is more to mental health besides the absence of mental diseases. The WHO's definition of health, which is stated in its constitution, emphasizes the positive aspect of mental health:…
Widely pervasive mental health problems indicate a dysfunctional society requiring wider social reform
If very high and increasing mental health problems are reported from any society, then the most obvious response is to increase the availability of mental health services. However, if despite…
Why Are Mental Health Problems Abnormally High and Increasing in Several Rich Countries
It is a paradox—and a very worrying one too- that in the middle of overall high levels of prosperity the burden of mental health problems is very high in several…
Helpful Role of Community Based Approach in Improving Mental Health in Remote Rural Areas
In recent times of Covid-19 the importance of giving adequate attention to mental health has been re-emphasized time and again. Here again, however, the new and welcome phase of…
Mental Health in Maternal Health: The Need for Integration
by Dr. Urvashi Priyadarshini, Dr. Arathi P Rao and Dr. K. Rajasekharan Nayar The concept of being “healthy” is commonly associated with physical health, and mental health normally occupies a…
The General Neurosis of our Times
"About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis…
Helping Others, Especially Those Mentally Ill And Impoverished
Across every population of people in the world, there are the same classifications of mental illness. The topic has to be looked at from an empirical, scientifically derived angle and…
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