Mental Health issues | Bihar n = 345 | Jharkhand n = 406 | Karnataka n = 267 | Maharastra n = 308 | ||||
Participants n = 180 | Non Participants n = 165 | Participants n = 350 | Non Participants n = 91 | Participants n = 186 | Non Participants n = 81 | Participants n = 287 | Non Participants n = 21 | |
Violence and Substance consumption | ||||||||
Verbal abuse | 15 13.3% | 24 38.1% | 20 10.2% | 2 33.3% | 2 1.8% | 0 | 48 30.8% | 2 28.6% |
Eve teasing | 5 4.4% | 6 9.5% | 1 0.5% | 0 | 14 12.3% | 0 | 27 17.3% | 0 |
Sexual assault | 1 0.9% | 4 6.3% | 4 2% | 2 33.3% | 0 | 0 | 25 16% | 2 28.6% |
Consumption of tobacco and alcohol | 11 6.1% | 24 14.5% | 17 5.4% | 8 8.8% | 16 8.6% | 8 9.9% | 34 11.8% | 0 |
Psychological wellbeing | ||||||||
Less worry | 47 26.1% | 35 21.2% | 45 14.3% | 14 15.4% | 56 30.1% | 30 37% | 136 47.4% | 13 61.9% |
Less restless | 23 12.8% | 26 15.8% | 49 15.6% | 17 18.7% | 54 29% | 10 12.3% | 67 23.3% | 4 19% |
Feeling lonely | 18 10% | 20 12.1% | 29 9.2% | 12 13.2% | 51 27.4% | 42 51.9% | 62 21.6% | 3 14.3% |
Emotional disturbance | 69 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 227 | 0 |
Emotional breakdown | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
Help-Seeking | ||||||||
Asha | 33 47.8% | 18 56.3% | 0 | 0 | 12 20.3% | 2 11.1% | 143 63% | 1 10% |
Psychologist/psychiatrist | 10 14.5% | 4 12.5% | 1 8.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 32.2% | 7 70% |
Family members | 11 15.9% | 6 18.8% | 8 66.7% | 0 | 25 42.4% | 10 55.6% | 6 2.6% | 2 20% |
Faith healers | 0 | 0 | 2 16.7% | 0 | 6 10.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Close friends | 15 21.7% | 4 12.5% | 1 8.3% | 0 | 16 27.1% | 6 33.3% | 5 2.2% | 0 |