Mentalhealth

  The occurrence of reported suicide cases amongst young population in Society is alarming though many cases go unreported due socio-cultural stigma associated with suicidal act. It is worth noting that suicide in Kenya has become more rampant among the youth than adults and that the majority of reported suicide cases take place in high schools.   The aim of this study is to establish risk factors associated with suicidal ideation among youth in high schools. Methods:   Participants were 200 students drawn from high schools in Kenya. Methods: The participants consisted of male and female students selected through stratified random sampling. After obtaining informed consent, socio-demographic details were recorded. Suicidal ideation was determined by administering the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS) questionnaire on the sample.Results: The dysfunctional family, church, academic pressure media, depression, and relationship problems were risk factors that laid the fou...

Mental disorders can affect women and men differently. Some disorders are more common in women such as depression and anxiety. There are also certain types of disorders that are unique to women. For example, some women may experience symptoms of mental disorders at times of hormone change, such as perinatal depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and perimenopause-related depression. When it comes to other mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, research has not found differences in the rates at which men and women experience these illnesses. But women may experience these illnesses differently – certain symptoms may be more common in women than in men, and the course of the illness can be affected by the sex of the individual. Researchers are only now beginning to tease apart the various biological and psychosocial factors that may impact the mental health of both women and men. Stress can be defined as any type of change that causes psychological strain, ...

  The term mental health is generally defined as the absence of mental illness. The logic of this concept is that a person is healthy if he/she is not ill. This negative definition of health makes a great deal more sense with regard to somatic illness than with mental illness. As soon as we speak of mental health the picture becomes less clear because, firstly, we have no clear-cut picture of a person as to who is a normal/healthy person mentally and emotionally. Can a person who is like the majority of the people considered to be mentally healthy or is it possible that the very person who is different from the rest is considered mentally healthy while the rest of the society may not fulfill the criteria.Looking at these difficulties encountered by the very definition of mental health, psychologists and sociologists have forwarded the sociological concept of mental health. This defines mental health as “any person is mentally healthy who is well adapted to the society, who functio...