Women Mental Health: Resetting the Priorities

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2022-05-08

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https://doi.org/10.55229/ijbs2022.0301

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Psychiatric illness, Reproductive health, Social determinants, Women mental health.

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Vol. 25 No. 01 (2022): Indian Journal of behavioural Sciences

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  • Bandana Gupta Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Adarsh Tripathi Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

In the era of Gender equality, talking about women’s mental health (WMH) seems a regressive approach to many, but considering the underlying neurobiological, physiological, and psychosocial underpinnings still makes this relevant to be discussed. The psychosocial and reproductive factors play differently in the female gender, thus affecting women’s mental health in a specific and different manner than the men

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Gupta, B. ., & Tripathi, A. (2022). Women Mental Health: Resetting the Priorities. Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 25(01), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.55229/ijbs2022.0301

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