A Study on Mental Health Literacy of Unmarried Male Youth from Eight Villages of Aurangabad District Maharashtra, India

TLDR

It is hypothesized that mental health literacy among unmarried male youths is poor and help seeking behaviour among this group is less and the beliefs and attitudes of this group towards mental health conditions towards both gender is poor.

Abstract

Mental health literacy in various parts of the globe among young adults showed identified depression and about a quarter shown psychoses. Around the world mental and developmental disorders in adolescent age is dramatically increasing including India.

Marathwada is one of the regions of Maharashtra which is predominately drought prone and has seen rise in higher mental health issues and suicides in the past years.

Our present research study attempted to assess the mental health literacy, mental health status of unmarried male youth from rural villages of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. We also aimed to assess their help seeking behaviour and the general beliefs and attitudes they hold towards mental health.

We hypothesized that mental health literacy among unmarried male youths is poor and help seeking behaviour among this group is less. The beliefs and attitudes of this group towards mental health conditions towards both gender is poor.