SOCIAL FACTORS IN MENTAL ILLNESS
Journal Title: The Odisha Journal of Psychiatry - Year 2017, Vol 24, Issue 2
Abstract
Social factor is an important role in the development of psychiatry which influenced by many factor such as gender, social class, race and ethnicity, household patterns and some other social situation, such as disability, social security systems, labor markets, and health care organizations. The individual capacity to cope effectively persons with mental illness depends significantly on the social arrangements affecting family, work, income support and medical care. This paper provides a review of the emerging international literature to find out a linked to a wider conceptual review undertaken as part of a major project. Research have been explored in detail in relation to three areas that had been identified by the wider review as central to recovery: empowerment and control over one's life; connectedness ( including both inter-personal relationships and social inclusion); and rebuilding positive identities (often within the context of stigma and discrimination). The epidemiology of mental illness in later life is complicated by the interaction among symptom occurrence, drug use, and physical illness and the varying ways individuals and families define illness, evaluate its significance and take remedial action. With aging of the population, the cumulative burdens of mental illness are increasing in most societies. Such burdens depend on not only the magnitude of dementia, depression, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses but the types of social supports and institutional arrangements that help to insulate individuals, families and communities from the most disruptive stresses and facilitate functioning.
Authors and Affiliations
Puspita Sahoo, Mphil, PSW, Amrit Pattojoshi, Rati Ranjan Sethy, MD, DPM
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