Profile of Women Mental Health in Kirkuk Governorate

Abstract

The terms mental health refer to the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being of people. It all comes down to how people think, feel, and act. The word "mental health" is occasionally used to refer to the absence of a mental disease. Mental illness can have a negative impact on daily life, relationships, and physical health. (World Health Organization, 2019) . the aim of the study is to review prevalence rate of the mental health problems among women in Kirkuk city ,and To find out the relationship between incidence of cases and their demographical characterizes such as (age, occupation, residence) A descriptive study design and non-probability sample conducts for this study that includes data for women suffering of mental health problem were obtained from official records of specialized center for psychiatry at Azadi Teaching hospital of Kirkuk governorate this data includes of (401) inpatient and (1027) outpatient , Statistical data analysis is performed using SPSS version 26. the result shows the highest percentage of the studied cases were aged of 15-34 years old and was (58,8%), regarding their occupation ; (71.1%) were Housewife . (72.1%) of the cases were found to be urban residents. As for their medical diagnosis , (22.7%) of females have psychotic disorder. (52.6%) of women stay in the hospital for period from (1-4)days and (48.1%) of women was improved when discharge from the hospital; (81.5%) receive Medical treatment .As for their medical diagnosis of outpatient ; (20.1%) of females with Depression and (49.1%) of women visit the remedial committee . It was concluded through this study that a young housewives women and who are from the urban area represented the majority sample of this study. The study discovers that most common mental illnesses are Depression, psychosis, hysteria, schizophrenia, and anxiety. Another specialized psychiatric center need to be open due to the urgent need for psychological care services and health educational program should be adopted to encourage women to seek psychological counseling when needed, and raise awareness Keywords: women, health, mental, Kirkuk