Open AccessMental health, are we at risk?
Author(s) -
Shabeena Tawar,
Sanjana Seth Bhatia,
Ilankumaran Mookkiah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.126359
Subject(s) - mental health , psychiatry , depression (economics) , neuroticism , medicine , prevalence , prevalence of mental disorders , psychology , environmental health , population , personality , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Mental health is an important component of the total positive health and is interwoven closely with the physical and physiological dynamics of the human body. Worldwide, about 500 million people are believed to be suffering from neurotic, stress related and psychological problems. In India, surveys on mental morbidity in various parts of the country suggest a prevalence rate of 18-20 per 1000.