Globalization and Stress Presented at "international Conference on Stress: Health, Society and Technology (icons-Hst)" on 20th -21st April, 2011 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Mental health of majority of population is deteriorating day by day in other words people are living under immense stress. By stress we mean a condition or circumstance, which can disturb the normal physiological and psychological functioning of an individual. The meaning of the word globalization is the Integration of capital, Technology and Information across national boundaries to create a single 'global' market. The causes of stress level increasing like rapid technological change and widened access to technology a powerful force for globalization. The global such consumption is unequal and unsustainable. Consumption is driven by advertisement -"the engine of greed". There has been loss of individual and kinship cultural identities. Growing income inequality is increasing gap between the rich and the poor. Rising health inequities continuing wide spread poverty and fluctuating status of peace, conflict and violence within and between countries. Inadequate mental health services countries in South Asia spend less than 1% of their health budgets on mental health. Changing patterns of mental morbidity has made way for increasing prevalence of common mental disorders, adjustment disorders and sub threshold disorders, with moderate to high disability rapid increase in alcohol use related disorders increasing rates of suicides and attempted suicides. Poor and marginalized people are at greater risk of suffering from various types of mental disorders. Children living in poverty are three times more likely to suffer mental disorders than children from wealthy families. These factors have ultimately leaded to the mental stress of humans.

AUTHORS:-

Balprit singh,

NSHM College of Management & Technology

Arrah Shivtala, Durgapur 713212

Mobile No. 9732372022

E-mail ID: balprit08@gmail.com

Keywords- extent of globalization in the new era (stems of globalization), accounted stress, health and work (effect of stress caused dew to globalization), remedies of stress caused by globalization