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An Analysis on Mental Health

Issues among Individuals
1
Dr. S. Thirumal; 2M. R. Harinivetha
2
HB21033, Student of B.COM LLB (HONS), School of Excellence in Law,
The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai.

Abstract:- Mental health is the state of well-being of a wide variety of factors that may lead to mental illness,
person through which he can provide an effective including but not limited to addiction, poverty, debt, social
contribution to the society. Mental health is also linked isolation, bullying, body shaming, social disadvantage,
with psychological and mental well-being. A person's severe long-term stress, job loss, homelessness, drug misuse,
capacity to be healthy enough mentally and emotionally and similar factors.
so that he or she may make a positive contribution to
society is an indicator of that person's mental health. It is Major depressive disorder is one of the most common
of the utmost significance that we give equal attention to mental illnesses, and it may have severe implications on a
both our bodily and mental wellness. Depression is person's physical and mental health, as well as their ability
considered as one of the main causes which affects the to function in social settings, at work, and in their personal
mental health of the people. The study of mental and family life. Major depressive disorder is one of the most
illnesses, which may manifest itself in a variety of ways frequent mental disorders. It is also possible for severe
depending on the affected person, is an extremely depression to be the cause of suicide. As a consequence of
relevant field of research in the modern world. this, it is of the utmost importance to do research on the
Alterations in a person's mental health may also occur current status of mental health and to secure the emotional
throughout the course of their lifetime. This research and psychological well-being of those who are afflicted with
paper is qualitative study on the mental health issues of mental illness. It is essential to educate people about mental
the people and to find the overall status of the mental health for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it may
health of the people. In this study, I will interact with save lives, foster the development of resilient minds,
about 100 respondents thereabout their mental health increase productivity, and reduce the chance of mental
and related concerns and then analyse and explain the breakdowns.
results in depth. This research paper focused on mental
distress or mental illness by studying the mental health The term "mental health" refers to the state of being
of the people. The main aim of the study is to support psychologically and emotionally well. Your thoughts,
these issues to be spoken openly because people are still feelings, and actions all have a role in determining the
sacred to discuss their mental health and want to make a outcome of the situation. It is imperative that we
change from mental illness to mental wellbeing and to comprehend the fact that mental disease and mental wellness
find the root cause and consequences of the mental are two distinct concepts that are distinct from one another.
illness. It is of the utmost significance that we take care of our
mental health during each and every stage of our lives. Our
Keywords:- Mental Health, Mental Illness, Work mental health may be influenced by our actions, routines,
Productivity, Social Relationship, Mental Wellbeing, and activities on a daily basis, as well as by the interactions
Psychological, Depression, Root Cause, Consequences we have with other people.

I. INTRODUCTION Our mental health is profoundly influenced by the

relationships we have with other people. One of the most
An individual's ability to function in society and in the important factors in maintaining excellent mental health is
workplace may be significantly impacted by the presence of having healthy connections. A lack of healthy connections
mental illness, which is a serious personal problem that may will always result in feelings of despair and anxiety, as well
have far-reaching effects. It is essential to maintain as a decline in mental health. People who have stronger
consistency in one's mental health. It is possible for persons relationships with their friends and family reported higher
of various ages and having diverse living situations to have levels of mental happiness. People who are less connected to
distinct manifestations of mental disease. Individuals' mental their family, friends, and community, as well as those who
health issues may be caused by a wide variety of factors, spend a lot of time alone, are more likely to experience
which change over time. As a result of the increased stress depression, which in turn has a negative impact on their
that people with this mental state experience, they are able mental health in general.
to do less work than they normally would. Within the
context of their day-to-day lives, those who suffer from Relationships have the potential to have an impact on
mental illness face a multitude of challenges. There are a one's mental health. When we are going through challenging

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circumstances, having a healthy connection with someone particular paper, he made a brief study on young people’s
will always give us with mental support, and as a perspectives on mental illness. This study yields valuable
consequence, it will eventually lead to mental wellness. On insights and essential points about the perspective of young
the other hand, if you are in a relationship that is unhealthy minds on mental illness. These insights are obtained using a
or poisonous, it will make the situation much more difficult research approach that involves individual interviews. The
and will lead to feelings of worry and melancholy. Because study elucidates the initial framework around the
of this, the influence that social ties have on mental health misconstrued subjects pertaining to mental disease. The
will be significant. research's result offers pertinent recommendations for
modifying the perception of the folks in question.
This survey study focuses on unravelling the potential
mental health issues faced by a wide range of individuals of  Research Gap
different backgrounds, age and gender. There are several studies relating to mental illness and
mental health issues. Many researcher have discussed about
II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE the mental illness and mental health and behavioural
problem on the University students and in children and in
The author Gred Schulte Korne (2016), made a adolescents. However mostly the younger generation were
research study on mental health problems in a school setting affected with the mental health and they are not
in children and Adolescents. In this research, he observed concentrating on the people who is above the age of 30. In
how the factors that affect the mental health of the school this study, it incudes all age grouped male and female with
students and also identified the factor that affects the in the chennai region and study about their mental health.
student’s mental health. The outcome of his study survey
offers a comprehensive analysis of the emerging  Statement of Problem
psychological problems in children as a result of their In the present scenario, mental health issues play a
educational environment. His research concludes by vital role in the cause of unbalanced relationships in society.
proposing suggestions to enhance student mental well-being In the current day and age, problems with mental health play
by mitigating the identified risk factors. a significant part as a contributing factor to the imbalanced
relationships that exist in our society. The conclusions of
The author Margret Mclafferty (2017), wrote a this study work connect to the underlying causes of mental
research article on mental health, behavioural problems and health problems and notice the associated effects that
treatment seeking among students commencing university in modify how a person behaves in his or her immediate
Northern Ireland and made a mental health survey on surroundings.
students which aims in longitudinal research to identify and
monitor student mental health and well-being. The  Objectives :
consequence of the study provides important information for  To assess the mental well-being of people of different
universities, policymakers and practice, on mental health ages through a mental health survey.
and well-being in young people generally but particularly  To find the root cause of the common mental illness
for students commencing university. quantitatively with the help of the survey.
 To study the consequences that abnormal mental health
The author Fazeeda Karim (2020), did a research paper causes in society concerning the quantitative analysis of
on “Social media use and its connection to mental health”. the survey and the root cause.
In this particular paper, she observed the mental illness
caused by social media in people of different ages. An SMIF III. METHOD OF STUDY
(Social media influence factor) model is being developed
and the study provides a deep technical description of the The method of study refers to the way in the researcher
model and the survey conducted using this model in the has conducted the the research. The entire study is on the
University of Professional studies Accra, Ghana provides basis of both primary and secondary data. The primary data
the report of affected students with major factors of is the first hand dats which includes questionnaire, interview
classification. etc. In my research study the primary data was collected
from 100 respondents who are residing in chennai city
The author Daniel Hernández-Torrano (2020), did a through the research instrument called questionnaire method
research paper on “Mental health and well-being of with well structured questions and circulated my
university students”. In this paper, he did a cumulative study questionnaire through mail. The questionnaire includes
on the mental problems faced by university students with the socio economic variables such as age, gender, occupation,
help of journals extracted from a relevant database. The marital status and questions relating to their mental health
findings of his study in mapping the literature on mental conditions and about their medications and consultation to a
health a well-being university students played a vital role in therapist. The secondary data is the pre existing data which
conducting a comprehensive literature review in this includes published articles, reports, books etc. In this
research study. research study the secondary data was collected through
related articles, different magazines, national and
The author J.Secker (1999), made a research study on international reputed journals, government reports, and
“Young people’s understanding of ental illness”. In this

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research paper relating to mental health problems and

mental health conditions.

IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Table 1: Demographic or Socio Economic Variable

No. Variables Particulars No. of Respondents Percentage%
Male 61 61%
1. Gender Female 39 39%
Others 0 0%
Total 100 100%
Below 18 3 3%
2. Age 18 -35 87 87%
35 - 50 8 8%
Above 50 2 2%
Total 100 100%
Student 40 40%
Unemployed 14 14%
3. Employment Status Self-employed 8 8%
Employed Part-time 5 5%
Employed full-time 33 33%
Total 100 100%
Single 49 49%
4. Marital Status Married 51 51%
Others 0 0%
Total 100 100%
Source: Primary Data

 Interpretation
Gender with respect to the above given tabulation and In accordance to the above tabulation, students are
the corresponding responses from the respondents across the 40.2%, Unemployed are 13.7%, Self-Employed are 7.8%,
state of Tamilnadu, the majority of male leads with a employed part-time is 4.9% and employed full time is
percentage of 61% than female with 39%.The majority of 33.3%.thus it is clear the maximum of respondents are
respondents are male. student

According to the above tabulation of the responses Age In accordance to the above tabulation, the marital
of people below 18 is 2.9% followed by age group of 18-35 status of the respondents are recorded as 49% were single
is 87.3% tailed by the age group of 35-50 is 7.8% and above and 51% were married and others were 0% . Hence it is
50 is 2%.Thus the majority of respondents are younger clear that most of the respondents are married
generation i.e below 35

Table 2 : Dichotomous Questions

No. Variables Particulars No. of Percentage%
Respondents
Strongly Agree 20 20%
1. You often stay calm and peaceful
Agree 30 30%
Neutral 40 40%
Disagree 7 7%
Strongly Disagree 3 3%
Total 100 100%
2. You often feel high and confident about Strongly Agree 40 40%
yourself when you are with your loved
ones Agree 42 42%
Neutral 19 19%
Disagree 1 1%
Strongly Disagree 0 0%
Total 100 100%
You often try to share your personal Strongly Agree 35 35%

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3. problems with your friends and loved Agree 36 36%

ones Neutral 17 17%
Disagree 7 7%
Strongly Disagree 5 5%
Total 100 100%
Is there a history of mental disorders in Yes 4 4%
your family No 9 9%
4. Maybe 87 87%
Total 100 100%
Have you seen a therapist or a consultant Yes 11 11%
5. in the recent past? No 86 86%
Maybe 3 3%
Total 100 100%
Are you currently taking any Yes 4 4%
6. medications? No 90 90%
Total 100 100%
Have you ever been addicted to Yes 22 22%
7. something that is irrelevant to you? No 78 78%
Total 100 100%
Have you ever been in any kind of Yes 46 46%
8. depression in the past two years? No 54 54%
Total 100 100%
Have you ever tried to hurt yourself in Yes 9 9%
9. order to jump out of your stress? No 91 91%
Total 100 100%
Source: Primary Data

 Interpretation In accordance to the above tabulation, 56.3% of people

According to the tabulation given above, 39.2% of the have not consulted a therapist or a consultant in the recent
people stay neutral with the statement, ”You often stay calm past.11% of the respondents have consulted a therapist and 3
and peaceful”. And 20% people strongly agree and 30% % of the respondents say that they may or may not have
says they agree. 6.9% say they disagree and 2.9% says they consulted a therapist. Thus it is clear that majority of the
strongly disagree. Thus from this we can conclude that respondents have not seen a therapist or consulted anyone in
maximum of people say they stay neutral and minimum of recent past.
people say that they wont often stay calm and peaceful.
In accordance with the above tabulation, 41.2% of According to the above given table, 89.6% people are
people agree to the statement, “You often feel high and not taking any kind of medications and 4% of the
confident about yourself when you are with your loved respondents are taking medications. It is clear that majority
ones”and 39.2% of people strongly agree to this and 18.6% of the respondents are not taking any medications.
says neutral and 1% disagree with the statement . Thus it is
clear majority of people feel confident when they are with In accordance to the above given tabulation, 78.4% of
their loved ones. people are not being addicted to something that is irrelevant
in their life and 22% of respondents were addicted to
In accordance with the above given tabulation, 36.3% something that are irrelevant to them. From this it is clear
of people agree with the statement, “You often try to share that majority of the respondents are not addicted to
your personal problems with your friends and loved ones” something that is irrelevant to them.
and 35.3% strongly agree and 16.7% says neutral and 6.9%
says disagree and 4.9% of people strongly disagree with In accordance to the above given tabulation, 53.9% of
this. Thus it is clear that majority of people try to share the people have never been in any kind of depression in the
personal problems with their friends and loved ones. past two years and 46% of the respondents says that they
are in depression for the past two years. Thus it is clear that
According to the above given tabulation, 87.3% people maximum of respondents are not in any kind of depression
may or may not have a history of mental disorders in their for the past two years.
family. 9% of the respondents did not have any mental
disorder in their family and 4% of the people have a history In accordance with the above tabulation, 91.1% has
of mental disorder in their family. From this we can said that they won’t hurt themselves in order to jump out of
determine that majority of the people are not sure about the stress and only 8.9% of the respondents have said that they
history of mental disorder in their family. hurt themselves in order to jump out of the stress. From this
it is clear that majority of the respondents won’t hurt
themselves inorder to jump out of the stress.

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Table 3: Scalar Questions

No. Variables Particulars No. of Respondents Percentage%
None 10 10%
1. How many close friends would you 1-3 30 30%
say you have? 4-5 53 53%
More than five 7 7%
Total 100 100%
2. How often do you drink? Never 87 87%
Occasionally 3 3%
Once in a month 8 8%
Once in a week 2 2%
Drunkard 0 0%
Total 100 100%
Less than 4 hours 40 40%
How many hours do you sleep per 5 – 6 hours 14 14%
3. day? 7 – 8 hours 8 8%
Above 8 hours 5 5%
Total 100 100%
Source: Primary Data

 Interpretation: Majority of the people in chennai that is around 90% of

According to the above tabulation, almost 52.9% the people does not have any history of mental disorder in
people say that they have 4 – 5 close friends in group and their family and majority of the people are not consulting a
30%has 1-3 friends and only 7% has more than 5 close therapist or taking medications.Most of the people were non
friends and 10% of the people has no close friends. alcoholic in my study.
Therefore majority of the people has atleast 4-5 close friends
Maximum of the people sleep less than 4 hours a day.
In accordance to the above tabulation, 87.3% of people Over 79% of the population are not addicted to something
claim that they never drink alcohols and 3% occasionally that is irrelevant to them only few peoples have been
and 8% once in a month and only 2% has said once in week addicted to something irrelevant to them. From my study it
and there is no drunkard. From this it is clear that majority is very clear that maximum of the population are not in
of the respondents were non alcoholic. depression for the past 2 years that is around 55% of people.

In accordance to the above given tabulation, 40.2% VI. SUGGESTIONS

people claim that they sleep approximately less than 4
hours a day and 14% says that they sleep 5-6 hours a day People suffer mental health issues when they are in
and 8% of the respondents claim they sleep 7-8 hours a day anxiety and when their mind is not in peace. So to avoid
and only 5% of the respondent says they sleep above 8 hours these mental health issues it is very important to have a
per day. Thus it is clear that most the respondents will sleep peaceful surrounding and peaceful mindset. And also it is
less than 4 hours. very important to have positive people or loved ones around
you because it will always reduce risk of mental health
V. FINDINGS : issues. Whenever you are around the positive people you
always feel positive and confident and even in your hard
Majority of the people affected with mental illness is times you will have a better mindset and good mental health.
younger generation who are between the age of 18 – 35. So Having a good relationship with everyone will gives you
it is very clear that most of the people who has depression or happiness and you will not feel alone, because when you are
mental health issues is younger generation maximum of in solitude state it will leads to depression, anxiety etc. Often
them are students. staying with your loved ones and sharing your problems
with your friends will always helps in having a good mental
Around 80% of people stay calm and peaceful and health . Sleeping 7 hours a day will keep your mind
only minimum of people were not often calm and peaceful refreshing and you will be more productive in your life and
and thus they are having mental health problems. it is very important to take care of your lifestyle, habits and
behaviour , for example instead of being an alcoholic you
Almost 80% of people feel confident when they are can divert you in some other productive work which keeps
with the loved ones. Maximum of the population has 4-5 your mind healthy. So it is very important to concentrate on
close friends. Thus it is very clear having a good and healthy your way of living and should have some moral principles
relationship with someone will helps in having a good for the well being.
mental health and majority of the people will try to share
their personal problems with friends and loved ones.

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