{"id":449,"date":"2021-10-10T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T09:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsunayana.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2021-10-10T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T09:11:11","slug":"world-mental-health-day-and-vipassana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsunayana.com\/blog\/world-mental-health-day-and-vipassana\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY AND VIPASSANA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY …i.e 10 October . It is celebrated every year.<\/p>\n

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World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. Every year, the day is marked with a particular theme, this year, the theme is \u2018Mental Health In An Unequal World\u2019<\/strong> that focus on reducing the gap between the \u2018haves\u2019 and the \u2018have nots\u2019 that is growing wider by every passing day and there is continuing unmet need in the care of people with a mental health problem.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMajority of the people living with mental health problems in the low-and middle-income countries do not get adequate treatment. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased our challenges multifold which need to be addressed on a priority,\u201d said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-East Asia Region.<\/p>\n

Every year one adult in four, along with one child in ten, will have a mental health issue. These conditions can profoundly affect literally millions of lives, affecting the capability of these individuals to make it through the day, to sustain relationships, and to maintain work.<\/p>\n

We have been through tough times in the last 2 years due to COVID. we have seen much mental depression, shocks, disappointments, departures from our loved ones. A huge change in lifestyle of children who use to make excuses for not going to school now are VERY EAGER WAITING to take their bags and bottles.<\/p>\n

WHO AND MENTAL HEALTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

1948 WHO definition of health<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cA state of complete physical, mental and social<\/strong><\/em>
\nwell-being and not merely the absence of<\/strong><\/em>
\ndisease or infirmity\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u2013 WHO Constitution<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The definition itself highlights the importance of\u00a0mind<\/strong> and how much it is important to take its care to be healthy. In truth, physical, mental and social well-being must be the goal towards which we all work. With the changing world scenario of demands and fast pace of life, we are daily facing new challenges of WESTERN CULTURE, like virtual world of social media, the world of LIKES, FOLLOWERS.<\/p>\n

Today, nearly 1 billion people live with a mental disorder\u00a0and in low-income countries, more than 75% of people with the disorder do not receive treatment. Every year, close to 3 million people die due to substance abuse every 40 seconds, a person dies by suicide. About 50% of mental health disorders start by the age of 14.<\/p>\n

MENTAL HEALTH AND VIPASSANA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mental health not only affects the mind<\/em> but also your body<\/em>. TO LIVE HEALTHY AND HAPPY LIFE, we have to give ourselves complete mental and physical health with a unique and old technique VIPASSANA .<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.vridhamma.org\/research\/Vipassana-Meditation-A-Positive-Mental-Health-Measure<\/p>\n

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For children also Vipassana Acharya , S. N. Goenka, has given meditation technique of ANAPANA.<\/p>\n

This technique helps the children<\/p>\n