Conundrums of Women's Mental Health: Challenges and Social Influences

Kumari Pooja Anand

Abstract: Mental health problems significantly contribute to the global burden of non - communicable diseases. In particular, young women face unique challenges that impact their mental and overall well - being. This review intends to dig deep into the issues of women's mental health by portraying factors that influence the ways women think and feel. It further depicts how factors such as socio - economic and environmental projections influence women?s mental health. Women more than often are exposed to gender - assigned stereotyping, especially about the way they should act both at the workplace and home. This can bring anxiety, uneasy feelings, and inferiority. An intersectional view of these social issues is crucial here. It is a concept that every woman is born with based on her ethnicity, identity, and socio - economic status. There are plenty of women in the world who comprise the big picture. Their uniqueness in terms of mental health and life makes their lives unique. If, in addition to dealing with discrimination or difficulties stemming from their environment, women experience cognitive issues, those issues might be even harder to deal with. Problems with work are another factor. When women can't feel safe in their jobs or don't have much space for expressing themselves, it accumulates stress, which may end up giving the woman a sense of huge loss.

Keywords: Women's mental health, Well - being, Gender studies, Intersectionality, Coping mechanism, Discrimination, and Victim blaming