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