According to the world health report, mental disorders affect 1 in 4 people at some point. Around 450 million people currently have various mental conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill health and disability worldwide. Treatments are available, but only 1/3rd of people with known mental illness seek help from health professionals. In this article, Dr Siddhanand S. Kulkarni, MD Ayurveda, KARE - Soul Vacation, explains seven causes of mental health problems and how ayurveda helps with them.
How Ayurveda Views Mental Health?
The mind is responsible for the origin of life in combination with the body, senses and soul.
- Mind develops in 5th month of intra-uterine life. The mind makes the soul-conscious, aware of surroundings and accountable for the perception of feelings. To attain knowledge of something or to perceive the sensations, the Soul, Senses, Mind, and Objects must come together simultaneously; only then can we perceive something. Thus, the Mind is indispensable in making sensory organs capable of perceiving objects/sensations.
- Balance in energies (vata, pitta, kapha dosha), digestive fire, tissues, proper elimination of wastes in the body, with a healthy mind, intellect and all senses are called Health in Ayurveda. It is holistic and acknowledges the mind-body-spirit connection. Therefore, every Ayurveda intake includes assessing psychological factors, lifestyle, and current stressors. The mind plays a significant role in achieving health.
Causes Of Mental Health Problems
These significant factors decrease the immunity of the mind and weaken the person's mind, leading to mental health issues like depression, anxiety, suicidal tendency, revenge tendency, and whatnot very quickly. Moreover, even it can lead to physical health problems like diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, heart diseases, PCOD in females, and infertility, which are growing very fast nowadays.
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