Combating Mental Illness: Psychosocial Realities

By : Meenu Anand

Page No: 257-265

Abstract
Living with mental illness poses multifarious challenges to the persons who experience it. They not only face the physiological symptoms but also have to battle various odds in their larger societal relationships as well as in their intimate relationships. The current paper unveils various psychosocial challenges faced by persons with mental illness. It delineates how social stigma excludes them from the mainstream society and systematically blocks them. The paper also recommends few eclectic strategies with respect to respecting human rights of individuals with mental illness and creation of an enabling environment.

Author :
Meenu Anand : Assistant Professor – Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.02.2