Review Article
Dr. Sumanth S. Hiremath
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Sumanth S. Hiremath
Department of Sociology
Rani Channamma
University
Belagavi, Karnataka State, India
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Email: sumanthiremath@gmail.com
Received on: May 8, 2020, Accepted on: May 21, 2021, Published on: May 28, 2021
Citation: Sumanth S. Hiremath (2021). Impact of Urbanisation on Mental Health: A Critical Appraisal
Copyright: 2021 Sumanth S. Hiremath. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Urbanisation is seen as a natural outcome of growth. The rapid increase of population in urban areas worldwide is one of the significant global-health issues in the 21st century. Urbanisation carries with it a unique set of merits but at the same time challenges on health surely outweigh its positives by miles! So it is even followed by demerits. Presently, about 31 per cent of the Indian population dwells in cities and the percentage is expected to increase to about 41 – 45 per cent by the year 2021. There is a strong indication that urban people were expected to report mental illness and depressive symptoms more likely than rural, mainly because of the cultural factors resulted from fast pace of life. The series of chaos and social deviance related to urbanisation is enormous. Some of them are: severe mental disorders, anxiety, depression, alienation, family disintegration etc. These mental health problems of urbanisation affect whole of the population, especially the so-called vulnerable section: children, women and elderly. There is a need to spread awareness about the mental illnesses across all the sections of society. This will serve as a facilitator of change in a fast transforming Indian society.
Keywords: Mental Disorders; Social Deviance, Urbanisation; Vulnerable Section; Awareness
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