PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN GERIATRICS WOMEN

*Dr. Varasha Junior, Dr. D. N. Singh, Dr. Prakash Raj Singh, Dr. Tina Singhal

ABSTRACT

According to charak all psychological problems due to Pragyaparadha धीधृतिस्मृतिविभ्रष्टः कर्म यत् कुरुतेऽशुभम्| प्रज्ञापराधं तं विद्यात् सर्वदोषप्रकोपणम्|| [C. SH. 1/102] Psychological behaviour & emotional well-being defines mental health. Poor mental health can lead to mental illness. Females have to face different levels of challenges in their lives. These stages go through before menarche, menarche upto menopause, and after menopause. All these stages of lives regulated by hormonal as well as nervous system. Women will live healthy lives if these two systems will be balanced but now a days these two things get disturbed due to life style changes. Prior less of the women were working that is mostly are house wife but now a days most of the women are working & faces many liabilities so they get much of the mental stress in their lives. These cyclic shifts can disrupt, malfunction or create diseases in them and one of the most often and badly affected aspect is psychological changes. Studies have shown that 10 -15% of women experience depression in their lives double the no. of men. Elderly women are more prone to psychological disorder than men, because after menopause nervous & hormonal system both are not working properly, they go to different changes as anger, irritability, anxiety, loss of self-esteem, low mood, sleep disturbances, poor appetite & depression. One of the most cause of depression is they got isolation from their families as now adays children want to live free and don’t want to take responsibilities to care of their parents as women are more emotional so faces more psychological changes in their lives.

Keywords: Anxiety, mental health, yoga, meditation, Pragyaparadha.