Mental Health & Covid'19: An Ayurvedic View

When we see the statistics of mental disorders worldwide, we can clearly understand the importance of mental health. Rise in the number of cases dealing with mental health, globally, every year, is really alarming. So here is a brief on how maintain good mental health during this pandemic stage.

- Dr. Unnikrishnan

Ayurveda considers mind and body as two inseparable units of an individual. Thus, equal importance is given to mental health along with physical health. There is a separate branch called Mano vijanana evam Manasa roga, that deals with various mental disorders along with their efficient and complete treatments. To name some; stress, anxiety disorders, psychoactive substance use disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar mood disorders, sleep disorders, psychosexual disorders, psychosomatic disorders, delusional disorders, and schizophrenia, etc, have very effective treatments in Ayurveda and that have seen successful treatments and results.