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Poverty and Women Mental Health
Introduction
A very famous quotation, “Money can’t buy happiness” seems a wonder box when there is constant exposure to the skint environment around. It is evident that solvency does not guarantee and certain happiness but it is important to consider that grinding poverty, and a continuous stance of financial anxiety makes life difficult. Women are treated as the mangers of society as they are the ones who have to address all the consequences of life being a counterpart to male existence. Sometimes it is single warriors who are trying their best to cater to the social norms and values adhering to the stance of patience. (Paltiel, et, al. 2018). In the realms of facts and figures that consider that there is an increasing ratio of women who are a victim to mental health, it seems strange to consider this phenomenon, but there is a complete spectrum that infers significance of issue. It is important to highlight that women are more towards emotional destruction, side by side half of the counter part's stress is shared by the females. The estimates of the number of women who are suffering from PTSD, anxiety disorders, depression, agoraphobic as well as serious mental disorder such a bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are an approach to bring into consideration reason behind. (Paltiel, et, al. 2018). The analyses of such reasons assert certain question such as if poverty distracts men then who is the victim of depression? Women are less paid; how does it impact her? How women cater to the abuse of “insufficiency"? Why man feel satisfied if there is sufficient money? All these questions highlight the fact that "poverty has a direct impact on the mental health of women."
Discussion
According to the analysis of a report for the Young Women trust, it can be brought into insight that a glum picture of women mental illness and poverty is painted. The Worrying times has brought into insight that every third of women feels more anxious every now and then. It is unsurprising to know that about 45% of young women are a victim of mental health. If a few hours are spent in a public mental health system, it can be inferred that the females that are a victim to mental health are mostly poor. What comes first, poverty or mental illness? According to the census from the U.S Bureau of Census, about 4.1 million people aged, 18-64 years are living below federal poverty line. It automatically paves the way for the fact that if there is nothing in life, there would be anxiety and it will ultimately pave the way for mental illness. It is important to consider why women? (Francis East, et, al. 2015). According to the American Psychological Association, women are more towards societal roles because in a patriarchal society, men are just assigned the task to earn and women have to manage. The increased ratio of single mothers is also a fact that highlights that continues poverty promotes continuous mental torture resulting in hampering and permanent illness. It is a common assumption that in many of African American women are facing additional inequalities such as fewer wages. In many of the organizations and workplaces, either all women or many women belonging to a particular race are a victim to inadequate economic conditions. Women are paid less and being single mothers it is hard to catch up with the increasing cost of child health care. (Francis East, et, al. 2015).
About 29% of Black, 24% of Asian and 29% of mixed race women are suffering from mental disorders, and the analysis of underlying features addresses poverty. It is important to note that mental health issues are observed before the age of 24 years. About 25% of women have observed to be a victim of mental disorder; about 26% of young women are experiencing Common Mental disorder such as depression and anxiety. About 1 in 7 young women have PSTD, and 72% are admitted for suicide counseling. All these figures highlight that major section of women mental health can be localized to the increasing measure of poverty.
It is also asserted that women are more towards the emotional background, so they take happening seriously. It is an undeniable fact that women hold the responsibility of family and a male counterpart hardly resist “insufficiency", the stance of being dominant has greatly impacted the situation. (Paltiel, et, al. 2018). In many of the cases, consistency in poverty has resulted in abuse and domestic violence because it is hard for the female who has to manage a three times meals. It is argued that men have to earn and they should be a victim to mental disorders. In response, it would not be wrong to say that as per analysis; a greater ratio of women is recorded who are a victim to mental health as compared to men. It is imperative in addressing the stance that a rich family is less toward mental stress because unavailability is the greatest tool that can hamper the crux of living.
It would not be wrong to say that poverty is the root cause of all social and moral deterioration. An absence of material things weakens everything associated with a man such a relationship, charm towards living and future aims as well. (Francis East, et, al. 2015). Many socialists believe that there is no relationship in poverty and mental health so, it is important to realize that if all social spectrums are analyzed, it could be inferred that child marriages only occur at the places either with low education rate or at places with a low economic resource. It would not be wrong to say that both the spectrum are interlinked, lack of education is one of the symptoms of lack of economic resources and lack of economic resources paved the way for poverty where a continuous shift of transfusion of responsibilities is observed. Another stance that highlights the relationship between poverty and women mental health can be inferred from the fact that the medical agenda of 2030 has addressed the issue of mental illness as SDG3. It refers to the prevention and treatment of non-communicable disease that include neurological disorders, behavioral hampering and certain developmental diseases.
Conclusion
The impact of poverty on women mental illness is more like a heated debate because it invites discussion from all the other paradigms of socials sciences taking into account that all aspects of social affairs, employment, marriage, education, and customs are dependent on economic resources. (Francis East, et, al. 2015). It would not be wrong to say that all the collections from medical, social and political paradigms assert there is a direct relationship between poverty and mental health of women. A generalized view is enough to address the argument, highlighting that there is a comparatively less ratio of mental health in women who belong to a strong economic background in contrast to minorities or other women who are broken families and themselves volunteering to earn a livelihood. In a nutshell, it can be emphasized that empowering economic condition can be a tool to empower the health timeline of a state or country because women make more than the half population and a threat to more than half population is equally devastating. The future aspect of healthcare infers that mental health disorders are the leading cause of social hampering because many of women prefer suicide over the continuous threat of devastating situations.
References
Francis East, J., & Roll, S. J. (2015). Women, poverty, and trauma: An empowerment practice approach. Social Work, 60(4), 279-286.
Paltiel, F. L. (2018). Women’s mental health: a global perspective. In The Health Of Women (pp. 197-216). Routledge.
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