Prevalence of Mental Health Literacy Among Youth - A Major Public-Health Awareness Challenge
Journal Title: Journal Global Values A Peer Reviewed International Journal - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
According to the World Health Organization, mental disorders have become one of the most important causes of disability in young people. Most of the researches have claimed that mental health disorders of lifetime emerge by age 14 and mostly by 24. Moreover, the illness contributes to 45% of the global burden of disease among those aged 10 to 24 years (World Health Organization report on mental health). In youth particular, they are associated with lack of academic achievement, less personal - social functioning, unemployment and increase level of substance abuse. There is a lack of in delivery of services and it has been slow mainly in developing countries like India. There is a need to bridge the gap between service providers and patients. Youth is not able to cope up with this scenario and is often mislead by the societal barriers like family acceptance, public-health system, funding, and policies. Low numbers of those trained in mental health care and lack of infrastructure development. There have been invoking political will for enhancing advocacy and improvement in outcomes. The objective of this paper is to summarize the prevailing effects of mental health on youngsters, the reasons for the gap and suggesting some solutions for better awareness and improvements.
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Dr. Alka Suri
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