Foundations of Indian Psychology, Volume 2

Introduction

It is paradoxical that as we are advancing in technology and performing marvellous feats on various fronts, the threats to health are simultaneously intensifying. As a result, health occupies a central place in the contemporary global social agenda. In recent years, the threats to health have become more complex. Many of the risks are due to human conduct but perceived as something external to our being. The increase in consumerism, production of waste, pollution, environmental degradation, and the epidemic of life-style diseases (for example, coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes), job burn-out, poverty, social instability at familial and community levels, and international tension—all appear to be interrelated phenomena. ...