GLOBALISATION AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM INDIA AND CHINA

Abstract

The contemporary debates and discussions that are contiguous to the ongoing process of globalisation, point at variety of perspectives, which have led to rather contrary analysis and interpretations vis-à-vis the globalisation and its bearing on individuals and groups across regional, national and local domains. Nevertheless, it is argued that globalisation induced cultural multiplicity and uncertainty have fundamentally altered the individual lived experiences specifically of young people, influencing their mental health and thereby leading to higher rates of neuro-psychiatric disorders and suicides? Though such impacts of globalisation on the mental health of young people are contested, and for the most part are undervalued and uncounted, but it is equally true that mental disorders can no longer be separated from the global milieu that shapes our lives and therefore, “growing up” today is not what existed before. With this background, this article at empirical level aspires to participate in a dialogue on globalisation, health inequality and global burden of diseasewith special reference to mental health of young people in India and china.