Mental Health Status and Socio-demographic Profile of Tribal Populations in Jharkhand

Dr. Siddharth Chowdhury; Decency Rajput; Dr.  Amar Shah; Dr. L R Pathak; Prachi Shukla; Narender Yadav; Abhijeet Saxena; Swati Kumari; Dr. Rajesh Sagar; Dr. Gowri Nambiar Sengupta

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| Published: April 18, 2023

Mental Health Status and Socio-demographic Profile of Tribal Populations in Jharkhand

Dr. Siddharth Chowdhury

Mental Health Specialist, World Health Partners, India & Consultant Clinical Psychologist (RCI), VIMHANS, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Decency Rajput

Mental Health Specialist, World Health Partners, India & Consultant Clinical Psychologist (RCI), VIMHANS, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Amar Shah

Sr. TB Advisor (Strategy and Innovation), Health Office, USAID/India, New Delhi Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. L R Pathak

State Nodal Officer, Mental Health, Jharkhand, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Prachi Shukla

Country Director, World Health Partners, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Narender Yadav

Team Lead CAMH, World Health Partners, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Abhijeet Saxena

Data Manager, World Health Partners, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Swati Kumari

Thematic Lead – Mental Health, Jharkhand, World Health Partners, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Rajesh Sagar

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Gowri Nambiar Sengupta

Deputy Director General, Mental Health, MOHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.016.20231102

DOI: 10.25215/1102.016

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to present the socio demographic profile and mental health status of the males during COVID-19 in three tribal districts of Jharkhand. The survey was undertaken between June 2021 and December 2022. It was largely representative of the population as 74,318 persons were screened in 3 the districts of Khunti, Simdega and Dumka. The survey population was aged 15 to 65 years. 74,318 people were screened for anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts (if scores severe on screening). Conditions which they were facing were explored by a semi structured script accompanied with PHQ4 as a screening tool. This paper presents findings for the pattern and sociodemographic profile of the persons screened. Inferences and conclusion: Female contributed higher proportions of mental health issues. Unmarried, divorced, separated and widowed people reported to face higher proportions of moderate and severe mental issues. Unemployed people and students reported higher proportions of moderate and severe mental issues.

Keywords

Mental health conditions, Anxiety, Depression, Students, LGBTQIA2S+, Socio demographics, Gender, Tribal

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How to cite this article: Chowdhury, S., Rajput, D., Shah, A., Pathak, L. R., Shukla, P., Yadav, N., Saxena, A., Kumari, S., Sagar, R. & Sengupta, G. N. (2023). Mental Health Status and Socio-demographic Profile of Tribal Populations in Jharkhand. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 11(2), 188-197. DIP:18.01.016.20231102, DOI:10.25215/1102.016