MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN: SOCIO CULTURAL REASONS NEED MORE EMPHASIS

Mental health and related issues are discussed and researched more widely in recent days. It may be a sign that the
stigma around mental health is slowly disappearing. The past two decades has seen a dramatic change in attitudes
towards mental health and mental illness. Public figures and celebrities now freely open up their own struggles with
depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, phobias and other mental health problems. According to WHO
mental health is a state of wellbeing in which people realise their potentials and work productively as well as fruitfully
and are able to make contributions to their communities. It is a positive concept related to the individual’s social,
emotional, and psychological wellbeing.