A Cross-Sectional Study on the Role of Ishtasya Alaabha and Anishtasya Laabha in the Aetiopathogenesis of Manasaroga w.s.r. to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Abstract

Psychological factors are posing a serious challenge to the human civilization in the recent years. The relevance of dealing with the mental wellbeing along with the physical entities is increasing in the contemporary science, which was already been addressed in the Ayurvedic literatures. Childhood and adolescence are critical stages of life for mental health. This is a time when rapid growth and development take place in the brain. Children and adolescents acquire cognitive and social-emotional skills that shape their future mental health and are important for assuming adult roles in society. The quality of the environment where children and adolescents grow up shapes their wellbeing and development. Early negative experiences in home, school, or digital spaces, such as exposure to violence, the mental illness of a parent or other caregiver, bullying and poverty, are called as Adverse Childhood Experiences which increase the risk of mental illness. Ishtasya Alaabha and Anishtasya Laabha are said to be the Samanya Manasaroga Nidana. Ishtasya Alaabha refers to not getting the desired things and Anishtasya Laabha refers to acquiring undesirable things. Here an attempt is made to find the role of Ishtasya Alaabha and Anishtasya Laabha in the aetiopathogenesis of Manasaroga. The present study suggests that there is statistically significant relationship between Ishtasya Alaabha and Anishtasya Laabha in the aetiopathogenesis of Manasaroga; hence childhood trauma needs more attention, particularly in psychiatric clinical practices and scientific research.