CHANDIGARH: We have a strange habit of treating stress as a personality trait. She worries too much. He overthinks. They are going through a difficult phase. But stress can become a health problem. The challenge is recognising when ordinary worry has crossed that line.
Neurotic and stress-related disorders are not simply everyday stress. They involve clinically significant patterns of anxiety, fear, distress or physical symptoms that can interfere with everyday life. They include anxiety disorders, phobic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, reactions to severe stress and adjustment disorders.
Dr Balbir Singh has stressed that mental health deserves the same priority as physical health and that financial barriers should not stop people from seeking care. “Including mental-health treatment under Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana is intended to make care more accessible and encourage people to seek help earlier,” he added.
Making timely healthcare accessible can matter in such situations, and the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana (MMSY) can help eligible families access covered treatment without letting the cost of care become another layer of worry.
