Gala Pooja, Ticku Arunima, Pawar Tanvi, Sapre Shivani, Gupta Pooja, Iyer Kaavya, Kapoor Hansika, Kalahasthi Rupa, Kulkarni Savita, Iyer Poorvi
Ananya Birla Foundation, Mumbai, India.
Department of Psychiatry, National institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2024 Mar 6;11:e40. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2024.28. eCollection 2024.
A significant gap is observed between the proportion of individuals suffering from mental health (MH)-related conditions and those receiving adequate MH care services, especially in rural areas. This study highlights and contextualizes MH concerns and its extant knowledge as well as gender roles in rural Maharashtra (India).
Using in-depth interviews, MH themes were highlighted analytically among 72 female beneficiaries of Svatantra from the six administrative divisions (Konkan, Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, Amravati and Nagpur) in the state of Maharashtra, India.
The notion that MH concerns exist among women from rural communities was well supported. Along with MH concerns, the participants reported somatic concerns in the context of adverse life experiences. Furthermore, systemic issues such as financial problems, familial concerns, presence of addictions and pressures of gender role-related responsibilities were significant triggers for MH problems.
Overall, this study aimed at improving the understanding of the MH needs of women in rural Maharashtra, which can further catalyze an exploration of their general MH and devise suitable interventions for the same.
在患有心理健康相关疾病的个体比例与接受充分心理健康护理服务的个体比例之间，存在显著差距，尤其是在农村地区。本研究突出并结合背景阐述了印度马哈拉施特拉邦农村地区的心理健康问题及其现有知识以及性别角色。
通过深度访谈，对来自印度马哈拉施特拉邦六个行政区（科坎、纳西克、浦那、奥兰加巴德、阿姆拉瓦蒂和那格浦尔）的72名Svatantra女性受益者进行分析，突出心理健康主题。
农村社区女性存在心理健康问题这一观点得到了充分支持。除了心理健康问题，参与者还报告了在不良生活经历背景下的躯体问题。此外，诸如经济问题、家庭问题、成瘾问题以及与性别角色相关责任的压力等系统性问题是心理健康问题的重要触发因素。
总体而言，本研究旨在增进对马哈拉施特拉邦农村地区女性心理健康需求的理解，这可以进一步推动对她们总体心理健康状况的探索，并为其制定合适的干预措施。
