From Traditional Practices to the Digital Apps: An Empirical Study of the Mental Health Remedies

From Traditional Practices to the Digital Apps: An Empirical Study of the Mental Health Remedies

Aditi Harsh¹, Assistant Professor Rudrendra Bahadur Singh¹, Arpit Gupta¹, Ashutosh Kumar¹, Brijesh Yadav¹

¹Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Babu Banarasi Das Institute of Technology & Management, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226028

ABSTRACT

We live in a fast-paced society where psychological health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and stress increase day by day. These disorders cause disruptions in one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Also, they disturb one’s day-to-day activities such as work and relationships. In recent years, people have started talking more about mental health and the challenges faced in maintaining it. There has been a significant amount of research on finding new ways to assess the mental health of individuals and provide better solutions to their problems. But, even today people find it difficult to approach a doctor for mental health. Also, there is still a deficit of psychologists and psychiatrists in India and medicines are neither the best nor the only solution to mental health problems. Mental health as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a "state of well-being in which an individual recognizes his or her own abilities, can cope with typical life stresses, can work successfully and fruitfully, and can contribute to his or her community." To achieve such well-being, it is important for people to recognize their mental well-being and act accordingly. Our research involves a discussion of various ways, methods, and remedies that can be followed to improve one’s mental health and enjoy a better and happier life.

KEYWORDS - Mental Health Remedy, Self Help, Psychology, Mental Illness, Emotional Well-being