Trivial Issues Which Predisposes Women’s Towards Mental Illness
Our social and cultural background has tremendous effect on our lives and contributes a lot to our health and experience. Our accumulated societal experiences reflect in our psychological makeup and are one important predisposing factor towards individual’s health. In India changing socio-demographic and epidemiological transition has significantly affected the mental health of women. Women are pivotal and their health is very important for growth, development and productivity of the family and society. And if neglected it can lead to serious consequences towards to family and society in turn affecting the generations. Our society is witnessed with varied number of social and cultural constraints which might be problematic and may predispose individual towards mental illness.
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