‘We get 2-3 calls everyday from women facing mental disorders’
1 Aug 2014 5:40 AM IST
According to 181 help line officer, till date 248 women facing mental depression have contacted since 31 December, 2012. They are in constant touch with keeps the department updated.
An employee at the help-line desk said they have been receiving at least two to three calls every day from women facing mental disorders. ‘The wife of a senior government official, who has been living alone, calls us every day. She keeps us informed about all her activities.’
The helpline, which has been trying to analyse the reasons for mental disorders of such callers, has found that a majority of them are those who have been in live-in relationships and were later dumped by their partners.
‘When they enter into any such relationship, they should not expect the person to get married to them. Once they break up, the girl generally goes through tremendous mental trauma,’ an employee of the helpline said.
The other factors which have been found responsible for such disorders is when an affair does not materialize into marriage.
‘There are many such girls who call us on a regular basis. And we try to help them out to come out of their traumatic phase,’ said another 181 employee. ‘There are many cases where women lose their mental balance after they are subjected to domestic violence.’
‘Live-in relationships, break-ups, love affairs and domestic violence are rapidly taking a toll on mental health of a large number of women in the national Capital. These findings are part of the data which is being analysed by a team of volunteers who are operating 181 help-line,’ the head of 181 help-line, Khadijah Faruqui, said.
What is surprising is that these calls are being made by women belonging to different strata of society.
‘We have not only been receiving calls from jhuggi clusters, but also from those who belong to very well-off families,’ a senior helpline employee said.
The helpline which was primarily started to assist women in distress, elderly people and children in the city has received as many as 9,59,948 calls so far. ‘Of these calls, we could attend to as many as 6,62,079,’ Faruqui adds.
An employee at the help-line desk said they have been receiving at least two to three calls every day from women facing mental disorders. ‘The wife of a senior government official, who has been living alone, calls us every day. She keeps us informed about all her activities.’
The helpline, which has been trying to analyse the reasons for mental disorders of such callers, has found that a majority of them are those who have been in live-in relationships and were later dumped by their partners.
‘When they enter into any such relationship, they should not expect the person to get married to them. Once they break up, the girl generally goes through tremendous mental trauma,’ an employee of the helpline said.
The other factors which have been found responsible for such disorders is when an affair does not materialize into marriage.
‘There are many such girls who call us on a regular basis. And we try to help them out to come out of their traumatic phase,’ said another 181 employee. ‘There are many cases where women lose their mental balance after they are subjected to domestic violence.’
‘Live-in relationships, break-ups, love affairs and domestic violence are rapidly taking a toll on mental health of a large number of women in the national Capital. These findings are part of the data which is being analysed by a team of volunteers who are operating 181 help-line,’ the head of 181 help-line, Khadijah Faruqui, said.
What is surprising is that these calls are being made by women belonging to different strata of society.
‘We have not only been receiving calls from jhuggi clusters, but also from those who belong to very well-off families,’ a senior helpline employee said.
The helpline which was primarily started to assist women in distress, elderly people and children in the city has received as many as 9,59,948 calls so far. ‘Of these calls, we could attend to as many as 6,62,079,’ Faruqui adds.
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