Kedare Jahnavi S, Kadiani Adnan, Patkar Prajakta, Gautam Anita
Department of Psychiatry, TNMC and BYL Nair Ch Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Consultant Psychiatrist, Gautam Hospital and Research Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2024 Jan;66(Suppl 2):S320-S330. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_651_23. Epub 2024 Jan 24.
Mental well-being is now an increasingly researched and discussed topic that primarily involves taking care of mental health in a preventive manner and is more of a subjective concept. Mental well-being ensures mental health and measures taken toward it can protect the person's overall health. Discussing and researching this concept is of paramount importance as this will not just safeguard an individual life but the society at large. The lifetime of a woman is multidimensionally unique with a complex interplay of biological, sociocultural, and environmental aspects. This demands a diverse variety of factors required to ensure mental well-being in a woman. In addition to this, these determinants vary on the life stage the woman is in. Factors that influence this well-being are also specific when it comes to an Indian context. This chapter considers and discusses in detail the various aspects of the mental health and well-being of women in the pubertal, perinatal, and menopausal age groups. Determinants are unique to particular age groups of women, and measures to focus on and ensure it will be elaborated on. Finally, recommendations towards policy making are also suggested.
心理健康如今是一个研究和讨论日益增多的话题，主要涉及以预防的方式照顾心理健康，并且更多的是一个主观概念。心理健康确保精神健康，针对它所采取的措施能够保护一个人的整体健康。对这一概念进行讨论和研究至关重要，因为这不仅能保障个人生活，还能保障整个社会。女性的一生在多方面具有独特性，涉及生物、社会文化和环境等方面的复杂相互作用。这就需要各种各样的因素来确保女性的心理健康。除此之外，这些决定因素会因女性所处的生命阶段而有所不同。在印度背景下，影响这种幸福感的因素也各有特点。本章详细考虑并讨论了青春期、围产期和更年期年龄组女性心理健康和幸福的各个方面。决定因素对于特定年龄组的女性来说是独特的，将阐述关注和确保心理健康的措施。最后，还提出了对政策制定的建议。
