Open AccessWomen’s mental health campaign in East Sikkim
Author(s) -
Satish Rasaily,
Jigmee Tobgay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-7565
DOI - 10.31254/jmr.2016.2301
Subject(s) - mental health , anxiety , psychiatry , depression (economics) , harm , vulnerability (computing) , affect (linguistics) , blues , neuroticism , pregnancy , mental illness , medicine , psychology , personality , social psychology , art , genetics , computer security , communication , biology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , art history
Mental illnesses affect women and man equally but differently with some mental illness more common in women [1,2] . Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, deliberate self harm, and other neurotic disorders are more prevalent among women owing to different roles and responsibilities in Society [2,3] . One in five women suffers with mental health problems in a lifetime. Women’s vulnerability to mental health problems are heightened during pregnancy and immediate postpartum period with 60 to 80 percent of mothers feels “baby blues.” About 1 in 10 mothers may experience more serious post-partum depression brought about by hormonal changes [4] .