Mental Health among Working Women

Abstract

Background: Mental health is a problem which no country can escape in the world. The increasing of mental disorders creates new challenges in the society and individual. Mental health is a challenging task for individual more importantly for working women. Aim: Aim of this paper is to assess mental health status of working women in a private hospital setting. Methods: Researcher used a specially designed interview scheduled to collect the data. Results: The result shows that working women had a poor mental and psychological health. Study indicated that working women is prone to depressed because they bore the double burden of house work and a job outside the home. Conclusion: Dual role of a women affects their personal life and it is difficult to manage work and family life.