IJNeN (2018) 43–48 © JournalsPub 2018. All Rights Reserved Page 43 International Journal of Neurological Nursing eISSN: 2456-5229 Vol. 4: Issue 2 www.journalspub.com Review of Psychiatric Disability, Causes, Features, Management and Role of Healthcare Professiona Noorul Amin 1,2 1 Nursing Officer, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India 2 Member, Association of Indian School Counsellors and Allied Professionals, Moolchand Medcity, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, India ABSTRACT Médecins Sans Frontières recently released a comprehensive report on mental health in Kashmir: it concluded that half of all residents of the valley have "mental health problems". The report found that nearly 1.8 million adults (45%) of Kashmir's adult population—suffer from some form of mental distress. A majority (93%) have experienced conflict-related trauma. An average adult was found to have witnessed around eight traumatic events during his or her lifetime. More than 70% of adults have experienced or witnessed the sudden or violent death of someone they knew. According to the report, 50% of women and 37% of men are likely to suffer from depression; 36% of women and 21% of men have a probable anxiety disorder; and 22% of women and 18% of men suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Keywords: family therapist cum counsellors, psychiatric disability, psychosocial rehabilitation, Corresponding Author E-mail: amindhobiwani@yahoo.com INTRODUCTION Disability has different meanings and varies from person to person. As from its name it is clear that it is the inability of a person to perform a particular task or job, while as others in the same age group with similar sex and culture can perform all those activities with ease. WHO has clearly demarcated the terms related to disability as impairment, handicap and disability [1]. Disability is defined as restriction or lack of ability to perform an age and activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. As we as civilised humans prefer to be more polite with even these people; so we must call them differently abled or specially abled persons. In addition, we can also use a more suitable term as persons with “res-ability (restricted ability)” [2]. We must know that disability can affect any part of the body, thus can make people partially defunct for some time, till they motivate themselves to attain the heights. Disability is known to us in terms of blindness, low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability, mental retardation, psychiatric disability and mental illnesses. Psychiatric disability may be defined as a condition that arises due to severe malfunctioning of mental and spiritual health, and thus is an outcome of mental illness. As per Libermann in 1993, this is the substantial limitation in a major life activity [3]. Mental illness leads to decreased productivity and has a negative impact on the quality of life of affected individuals and their families. Annually, over 450