Perhaps never before has this subject of mental wellbeing been given the desired attention as it has in the last decade. This is a universal issue, with no limitations of geography, culture, or society. Globally, this issue is openly discussed without inhibitions.

However, in our culture, merely mentioning the need to address mental wellness is immediately taken to imply lunacy. Illogical and untrue, yet regularly used by many, is the remark, “such and such person is mental”; implying that the person is mad. Edgar Allan Poe once said, “Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” Many believe that there is a very fine line that separates intelligence and lunacy. Aristotle too remarked, “Geniuses have a touch of madness.” In making these observations, the learned were not referring to lunacy of the medical kind but to indicate total immersion in the area of their study and research.

Mental health, refers to the mental wellbeing of individuals, enabling the practical handling of issues arising from emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing needs. Many people suffer in silence from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, severe and impairing addictions – any or all of these conditions negatively influence the thoughts and........

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