THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE EMERGENCE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF MENTAL DISTURBANCES AMONG THE POPULATION OF THE SLUMS IN THE CITY OF CAIRO

There is no doubt that poverty as one of the environmental problems of the most important role to play roles in the reality of contemporary Egyptian life. And poverty converts between man and the achievement of economic and social level desirable and acceptable. Developing countries experiencing the phenomenon of inflation and growth of urban growing in a continuous and increasing population density and the approach of the population in many urban environments, to the point of saturation The result was the emergence of many environmental problems that afflict these environments, the most important problem of housing, transportation and non-availability of facilities and basic services in these cities There are areas in the city of Cairo is the environments in which the deprivation of basic needs of life and health, social and psychological comfort and low economic level, which are impeding the adjustment to achieve a psychological sense and appropriate behavior and the formation of positive attitudes towards society and towards the other These areas have several pictures are in the graves population, slum dwellers and the margins are here to point out the need to provide adequate housing for the upbringing of children as provided by the housing of the safety, comfort and relaxation and a sense of humanity to enjoy mental health. These areas lack basic services to utilities such as water, sanitation and electricity. Has made various research in these areas that 35% of the buildings do not reach them with drinking water and that 55% of the buildings do not have waste water as well as deprivation of cleaning services.And lacking in these areas are also to recreational services, whether in the form of open recreational areas such as gardens, parks or sports fields. Or recreational areas such as the cinema closed.
So we find that there is no outlet for residents of the center of this massive accumulation of buildings and population in addition to the lack of reserves to face the problems that occur in the region like wildfire and the various incidents The quality of life in this slum areas is very low in many districts the standard of living for a human in terms of essential goods and basic services needed by the individual and which should not be this low level for a certain extent, a reduction which remains on the human life
The underdevelopment states witness currently the phenomenon of urban inflation, being continuously increasing in addition to the phenomenon of over population.
Research Objective: the current study drives at identifying one of the critical problems the Egyptian society is suffering from, namely, identifying the quality of life residents in poor quarters in Cairo (slums), and identifying the behavioral patterns of these areas’ dwellers such as aspects of psychological disorders. Method: this research uses the descriptive (qualitative) method. Research Sample: the study sample consists of (180) families dwellers in Cairo city quarters, divided into (90) poor families and (90) middle-level families.
Research tools: the researcher uses several scales to achieve the study targets as follows:
1-   Scale of Psychological disorders (depression – anxiety) – by researcher.
2-   Questionnaire of quality of Life (analysis of the social environment and the physical environment) – by researcher.


 
The most important results: the study comes to these results:
1-   There is a correlation between the environment’s physical variables of the lodging and emergence of psychological disorders.
2-   There is a correlation between the environment’s social variables of the housing and emergence of psychological disorders.
3-   There is a correlation between the environment’s physical variables and gratification of life.
Recommendations:
1-   Consider providing the appropriate house for those people for a healthy life and feeling human, a house that should have services and utility.
2-   Providing the appropriate income to make individuals satisfied for their lives and reduce the possibility of having psychological disorders.