08/06/2019
Dear students, you all are the future leader of this country, so from now think and do something about this issue.
Topic: "Mental Health"-- (First Part)
"When it is a social or individual stigma"
A few year's ago I mean on 6th September in 2015 my father Tofazzal Hossain, a freedom fighter and was a govt. job holder ---- was died. But before death he was in severe depression about different issues specially from feeling alone like others professionals after getting retirement from the job.
We think when a person get retirement from the job, he/she is no more active and can not do something for the family and society and we never try to give them company to give some good feelings for them. This is our society where very few people like to think about retire person when they feel ill and very naturally like other retire persons my father hadn't easy access to mental health care because he had grown-up in this society that stigmatised mental illness and he was also unwilling to seek any familiar or social help or any doctors cooperation.Like him lots of professionals, non professionals are in depression but no door or very few door is open to get mental health care.
Like others childrens, it was really devastating to watch my fathers sufferings which I like to say "mental disorder" but I have learned it is a systematic failure in the provision of care, in our society..
Lack of access to mental health care is hardly a developing country problem, where people are not ready to think about mental health, whatever he or she is! That's why very often we see, an establish person or position holder commit su***de or go through severe trauma. Almost, most of the people in Bangladesh is unable to access comprehensive-mental health care, where in the United States, almost half of the population is unable to a access comprehensive health care.
People who seek mental health care may face public stigma in the form of discrimination, owing to endemic microceptions about mental health or illness. When those beliefs are internalised, suffers may also struggle with self stigma like -- low-self esteem, low self efficacy and unwillingness to persue productive opportunities.
According to one study, mental health issues are responsible for 32-34 percent of years lived with disability and 13 percent disability-adjusted life years.The economic costs are enormous. According to a 2015 analysis, in the US alone, the total economic burden from mental health exceeds USD 210 billion annually. More than half of that is attributed to work place absenteeism and productivity losses, another 5 percent is attributed to socide-related costs, where companies or institutions needs to give emphasis on mental health care which is not getting importance still now.
Scientists from around the world are now seeking to adress the problems with "Countdown Global Mental Health 2030" a multi-stakeholder monitoring and accountability collaboration for mental health" launched in February. But while this element of an effective solution ---where some common desease of the society are barely negleted still now, in this 20th century?
To be continued