Mental health is considered a hidden disability as it is not sometimes shown to the outside world but it eats a person inside. If the person tries to tell about the mental state he is criticized on the basis that he might be ‘mad’. Sometimes these people are trapped into some superstitious sort of things which leads to a more disturbing state. Mental illness often leads to drug addiction as it’s hard for an individual to cope with this and tries to reduce it simple methods which are very harmful in long term.
In this unprecedented situation COVID-19, we have seen people are living in desolate places they were not in contact with the outside world and many of them become unemployed this lead to more mental illness issues. These people often become victims of different kinds of violence such as witchcraft which is prevalent since ancient times as these people were considered equal to evil and treated in a very harsh manner. WHO says that there is no health without mental health. So we should not consider mental health as a part of our body only like we go to the doctor for other ailments with occur In body likewise we should be concern about our mental state also.
In sustainable development goal, number three mental illness is also explicitly included. We should make people aware of mental issues. These taboos are more common in rural areas than urban area because of illiteracy and lack of understanding of medical issues. 1 out of 10 people are suffering from mental issues and most of these issues lead to suicides. We have often seen many celebrities committing suicide because of mental illness. Make proper advertisements and videos regarding this. Appoint psychologist in hospitals e=even in isolated places.