It is unfortunate that even after almost sixty years of independence, besides hav­ing a National Mental Health programme, we don’t have country wide epidemiological data of mental illness and whatever available are only estimates and those estimates are based on the prevalence and incidence of other countries.

Re­ducing the incidence of mental disorder by de­veloping programs to forestall emotional prob­lems and produce wellness is referred to a pri­mary responding to sight of illness, primary pre­vention is proactive, intervening before illness develops. The two prevention strategies often type most often used are system-level approaches and person centered approaches.

System-level prevention includes the need to address the social conditions related to men­tal illness, especially those associated is one way of caping with the stresses and frustrations pro­duced by these conditions, then this social prob­lem will be reduced if and when social charges alleviate such detrimental conditions.

Thus, the most beneficial and meaningful rehabilitation is that based on the ideals of justice, the provision of life opportunities, and empowerment, the abil­ity to control and change one’s life. A second sys­tem-level approach is to understand and modify specific social environment.