Around 26% or more women in India and one of five women worldwide faces mental health issues.

Mental Health impact women differently as such-

1. Biological Conditions – Not only outer situations but biological changes such as hormones, menstrual cycle, genetic disorder, anaemia, and more causes irritable moody behaviour.
2. Society Burden – women have no life of their own but have to live on will of the society, lead to loss of self confidence.
3. Family Pressure – no freedom to choose career, life as per their choice, marriage, home making and more responsibilities create stress and depression.
4. Rising Crimes – physical and mental abuse by family members or outsiders, domestic violence, harrasment give rise to anxiety and mental imbalances.
5. Lack of independence – Major decisions such as marriage, financial stability, childbirth etc. taken by male members of family forcefully causes frustration, stress and depression in women.

Support systems provided by Government to overcome mental health issues  –

• Tele Manas a mental health helpline in regional language.
• World Mental Health day celebrated on 10th October worldwide to raise awareness .
• Ayushman Bharat scheme with 17 packages for mental health disorder.
• State mental health authority and primary health centres to aid in mental illness.

Women are the base of society and human life, Mahatma Gandhi said no society can grow without the growth of the women.Healthy women physically as well as mentally are the pillar of the society.