Women And Mental Health
Journal Title: Journal Global Values A Peer Reviewed International Journal - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Women have the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. The enjoyment of this right is vital to their life and well being…” (United Nations Beijing Platform for Action, 1995). Until recent years, the conception of women’s mental health has been limited as have attempts to protect and promote it. When women’s health issues have been addressed in under-served populations, activities have tended to focus on issues associated with reproduction - such as family planning and child-bearing - while women’s mental health has been relatively neglected (WHO, 2000). Women with mental illnesses report more disability than women with other conditions and an earlier age of onset for disability. 45% of women with a mental disorder and activity limitation are between 18 and 44 years of age (Blehar, 2003). The burden of mental illness in women stems from general aspects of the epidemiology of some of the common mental disorders, viz, early onset—in adolescence or young adulthood, a recurrent or chronic course thereafter, although in later life there may be attenuation of symptom severity. For mothers with mental illnesses, there is added impact on child development and family functioning (Blehar, 2003).
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Dr. Vinai Kumar Mishra
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