This presentation aims to highlight the gaps in mental health in our community. It is designed to spread awareness about mental health, mental illnesses and the prevalence of mental illnesses in our society.It also identifies the areas where efforts are needed to bridge the gap between the patient and his recovery.The presentation also suggests measures, following which the gap can be bridged.

1. THE GAPS
IN
MENTAL
HEALTH
TANYA SYNGLE

2. WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH ?
Mental health includes our emotional,
psychological, and social well-being. A
mental illness is a medical condition
that disrupts a person’s thinking,
feeling, mood, ability to relate to others
and daily functioning. Just as diabetes
is a disorder of the pancreas, mental
illnesses are medical conditions that
often result in a diminished capacity
for coping with the ordinary demands
of life. Examples:
 Anxiety Disorders
 Autism Spectrum Disorders
 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
 Bipolar Disorder
 Borderline Personality Disorder
 Depression
 Dissociative Disorders

3. WHYISITIMPORTANT?

5. GAPS IN MENTAL
HEALTH

6. LACK OF AWARENESS
People are still ignorant about mental health. Few know and understand that
mental disorders are like physiological diseases that we have no control over .

8. LACK OF SENSITIZATION

9. • Less access to treatment
• Less likely to receive
treatment
• Poorer quality of care
• Higher levels of stigma
• Lower rates of health
insurance
• Homophobia
DOUBLE
DISCRIMINATION

10. ABSENCE OF
A
PROFESSION
AL
REGULATORY
BODY
SCHOOL
S,COLLE
GES
ORPHANAG
ES,RAPE
SURVIVIOR
SHELTERS
WORKPLAC
ES,ORGANIZ
ATIONS
LACK OF
TRAINED
MENTAL
HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONA
LS

11. HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP
SPREAD AWARENESS

12. BANISH SOCIAL STIGMA
CREATE SENSITIZATION

13. CREATION OF A REGULATORY
PROFESSIONAL BODY
STANDARDISED QUALIFICATION FOR A
PSCHOLOGIST

14. REFERENCES
 www.mentalhealth.gov/
 https://namijc.org/
 http://keltymentalhealth.ca/
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-gates/mental-health-in-the-
blac_b_9080350.html
 https://www.whatuni.com/advice/student-life/mental-health-support-available-
university/44524/