India yuva mental health me 60ve number par aur 1 percent se kam kharch, kya sarkar is sankat ko nazarandaz kar rahi hai?
Sapien Labs ki Mental State of the World 2025 report ne 18 se 34 saal ke Indian yuvaon ko 84 deshon me 60ve number par rakha. 84 me 60ve. 33 Mind Health Quotient score ke saath, jise Distressed ya Struggling maana jaata hai. Samjhata hoon. Indian yuva, wahi demographic dividend jiska sarkar ghamand se zikr karti hai, mansik roop se pareshan hain. Wahi yuva jinhe India ki growth chalani hai, wo din nikalne ke liye sangharsh kar rahe hain. Aur sabse chaunkane wali baat yeh hai. 55 saal se zyada umar ke Indians ka score 96 hai, jise Managing ya Succeeding maana jaata hai. Toh budhi peedhi theek hai lekin yuva toot rahe hain. Ye kya batata hai? Budhi peedhi kam pressure, saadgi bhari zindagi, mazboot parivar samarthan ke saath badi hui. Yuva peedhi exam ke pressure, social media ki tulna, career ki chinta, aur bina kisi mansik swasthya samarthan ke badi ho rahi hai. Indian Psychiatry Society ne paya ki 60 percent mansik bimariyan 35 saal se kam umar me pehchaani jaati hain, aur 34.6 percent 14 saal se pehle shuru hoti hain. 14 saal se pehle. Class 8 ya 9 ke bachche pehle se mansik swasthya ki samasyayein viksit kar rahe hain aur koi dhyaan nahi de raha. 30 universities ke ek study me paya gaya ki 18.8 percent college students ne suicide ke baare me socha tha. Lagbhag 5 me se 1 college student. Campus me ghumte hue, har paanchwa vyakti jo aap dekhte hain usne apni jaan khatam karne ke baare me socha hai. Aur hum iske baare me baat nahi kar rahe. In chaunkane wale aankdon ke bawajood, India apne swasthya budget ka 1 percent se bhi kam mansik swasthya par kharch karta hai. 1 percent se kam. Jab sarkar swasthya pehel ghoshit karti hai, mansik swasthya ka zikr mushkil se hota hai. Jab wo yuva kalyan ki baat karti hai, wo naukriyon aur skills ki baat karti hai, mansik bhalai ki nahi. Prati lakh jansankhya par sirf 0.75 psychiatrist hain. WHO 3 prati lakh ki sifarish karta hai. Humare paas sifarish kiye gaye number ka ek chauthaai hai. Agar aap chote sheher ya gaon me rehte hain toh psychiatrist dhoondhne ki kismat aazmaaiye. India ke zyadatar jilon me mansik swasthya professional zero hain. Zero. Aur kalank ke karan zyadatar log madad maangane se darte hain jab wo uplabdh bhi ho. Agar aap kehte hain ki depressed hain toh log kehte hain aap bas aalsi hain. Agar aap kehte hain ki anxiety hai toh log kehte hain aap bahane bana rahe hain. Agar aap therapist ke paas jaate hain toh padosi charcha karte hain. Mansik swasthya ko abhi bhi niji kamzori maana jaata hai, medical condition nahi. Sarkar ne Tele MANAS, ek mansik swasthya helpline, launch kiya aur daava karti hai ki ye lakhon ki madad kar raha hai. Lekin helpline samadhan nahi hai. Aap ek phone number se systemic sankat ko theek nahi kar sakte. School counselor kahan hain? College therapist kahan hain? Community mansik swasthya kendra kahan hain? Mansik swasthya ko destigmatize karne ke liye jagrukta abhiyaan kahan hai? Sarkar murtiyan aur highway banane par hazaron crore kharch karti hai lekin apne yuvaon ke mansik swasthya par kharch nahi kar sakti. Wahi yuva jo pressure ke karan khud ko maar rahe hain wo India ka bhavishya hone wale hain. Kaun sa bhavishya? Pareshan, sangharsh karte, burnout yuvaon ka bhavishya? Sarkar ko jaagna hoga. Mansik swasthya luxury nahi hai. Ye pashchimi concept nahi hai. Ye asli sankat hai jo abhi ho raha hai, har college me, har coaching center me, har office me. Kya sarkar aisa dikhawa kar rahi hai ki ye sankat hai hi nahi?