India ekta dangor desh hoi thakile bhi, juntu te 1.4 billion log thake aru socio-economic condition te fast change hoi ase, mental health ekjon serious aru important topic olop bhi man nai. Physical health laga kotha to ajikal te easily discuss kora jai, kintu mental health etiya bhi stigma, ignorance aru denial laga andar te phasai thaka dekha jai. Question etu e ase — India te mental health awareness etiya bhi ekta taboo ase?
India te depression, anxiety para loi kena schizophrenia aru bipolar disorder jomon mental illness, bishi manu ke effect kore. NIMHANS para conduct kora National Mental Health Survey hisab te, India laga 14% population ke mental health treatment lage. Kintu bishi manu help na loy. Kiyano? Karon mental health problems ke ekta weakness, nijor fail thaka, nai to punishment buli bisari loi. Eitu problem te affected thaka manu ke judgement, discrimination aru isolation face koribo lage – bishi homoi tai laga nijor family para bhi.
Stigma karone bishi case report bhi na hoi aru diagnose bhi na kora jai. Mental illness te physical symptoms nai thaka karone, society etu bujhibole parena. Tai karone mental health ke loikena bisi myths aru galat biswas bonai thake, aru help lobole manu dukh pai.
Mental health treatment paboloi ichha thaka manu khan karone bhi India te facility bisi kom ase. Doctors, counselors, psychiatrists aru social worker kom ase. WHO guideline hisab te, 1 lakh manu karone 3 psychiatrists laga dorkar ase, kintu India te 1 lakh karone sirf 0.75 psychiatrists ase.
Mental health services bhi main cities te centered ase. Rural jagate condition horu bhi bisi kharap. Primary Health Centres bhi mental health problem sambhalibole bhal se prepared nai. Financial dikh para bhi problem ase, karon mental health treatment dorga ase aru insurance te full cover bhi nai.
Kintu, sob kotha te majot ekta hope bhi ase. 2017 te pass kora Mental Healthcare Act ekta dangor step thakise — suicide ke criminal offence para hatai dise aru mental healthcare ke ekta right banai dise. NGOs, celebrities aru social media influencers logote logote mental health bisare kotha uluwa start korise.
Schools aru workplaces te mental health programs thakibo start korise. COVID-19 pandemic te online counseling aru telemedicine bhi bisi use hobo lagise, aru etu para mental health awareness olop bisi aage aaisey. Pandemic etu ekta eye-opener hoise, karon emotional stress bisi hoi thaka karone manu mental health ke serious bisari start korise.
Etia bhal bisare kotha ulaibo lagibo — education para start koribo lage. Schools te aru community level te mental health bisare teaching diya dorkar ase, jate society te empathy aru understanding build hoi. Government aru media milikena awareness create koribo lage. Primary healthcare te mental health integrate kora, general doctors ke train kora, aru treatment ke affordable banai diya bhal dorkar ase.
Parents, teachers aru employers khan ke bhi sikha bole lage ki mental distress laga sign keneke bujhibo. Sab se important ase — manu ke encouragement diya jate tai nijor feelings bisare kotha koibole dare na pai.
India te mental health awareness etu bhal direction te jabo start korise, kintu taboo laga tag etiya bhi ase. Eitu silence, shame aru misinformation manu ke kharap effect korise. Jodi ekjon bhal society banaibole ase, then India ke notun mental health structure te invest koribo lagi, aru eitu silence todibo lage. Moi-mind aru body, duta ke barabar respect diya samaj banabo laga time aahi jaise.
