While most of the resources on mental health have been plagued with upper caste and class gaze, there are a few books which throw light on the intersection of caste and mental health. Exclusion from employment linked to negative attitudes and lack of income are the highest contributors to multidimensional poverty, increasing the mental health burden for the family.” “ discrimination linked to caste in accessing education or employment has been a leitmotif in modern India and only partially addressed through constitutional provisions and reservation policies. According to a research conducted in 2015, The state-supported structural oppression has made it quite difficult for the victims of the caste system to mitigate mental health issues.Īdditionally even though there are now quite many resources to understand caste and its all pervasive nature in India, there are relatively fewer resources to study the impact of caste and mental health and vice versa. Dalit persons experience discrediting, stigmatization, rejection, various forms of segregation and access denial, exclusion, physical violence and emotional abuse on a daily basis.
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