New Delhi: Have you ever thought who heals the ones who heals others? Doctors are often considered to God but sometimes treating patients can be excruciating pain, a rush and pressure to heal bodies and delivering the most heartbreaking news to patient’s relatives can be a painful task.
Long working hours under immense pressure and stress to save lives can be difficult for doctors. Amid this they suffer major depression, anxiety, burnout and other health issues that other people experience. In fact we have understand that they are also humans.
On National Doctors’s Day, let’s understand how doctors take care of their mental health?
Dr Rakesh Kumar Chaddha, HOD, Psychiatry, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad shared with News9, “Mental health is an integral part of health and well-being. Mental health includes a feeling of well-being, the ability to cope with day-to-day stresses, realise one’s potential and contribute to society. Mental ill health is not uncommon and is not to be feared. At any time, about 10 per cent of people suffer from some kind of mental illness. Common mental illnesses include depression, anxiety disorders, phobias and adjustment disorders. The prevalence of severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is about 1 per cent.”
Mental health of doctors
According to Dr Chaddha, “There are effective treatments available for all mental illnesses. Mental illnesses are like any physical illness like high blood pressure, diabetes or bronchial asthma and can be effectively treated. There is nothing to fear from mental illness. Keeping an active lifestyle with a regular schedule of physical exercise, a healthy diet, regular sleeping and waking hours with 8 hours of sleep, staying away from drugs and social connectedness and avoiding protects against the development of mental illness.”
Symptoms of men illnesses
Early signs of mental ill health may include headache or body aches with no apparent physical cause, anxiety or fears, constant worrying feeling low, losing interest in day-to-day activities, losing appetite and difficulty sleeping. Mental illness is not to be feared.
One can consult one’s family physician who would be able to refer to a psychiatrist or one can also go to a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist.
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