Mental hospital shrinks as patients multiply
An early record of rising patient numbers, crowded wards and the need for trained staff, public awareness and humane mental-health care.
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A public record of care, inquiry and change.
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Press coverage and programme records spanning three decades, restored as readable source material and connected to the work they documented.
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Mental health enters the Urdu public conversation
A regional-language clipping that preserves an important part of Kashmir's public conversation about psychiatric care and mental illness.
CommunityImpactHistory
Awareness, not ignorance, is the key
A long-form conversation with Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Margoob on stigma, trauma, public education and the conditions shaping mental health in Kashmir.
ClinicalCommunityPublic education
One in nine elderly people has dementia in Kashmir
Coverage of a continuing medical education programme focused on earlier recognition, informed caregiving and better preparedness for dementia.
AcademicClinicalDementia
Communities can be empowered through mental-healthcare services
A report on community mental-health infrastructure, early intervention and the role of SAWAB, VMS and partner institutions in widening access.
CommunityRehabilitationPartnership
Conference charts roadmap for community-based mental healthcare
Coverage of a multi-institutional conference on decentralised, culturally relevant and stigma-free mental-health services in Kashmir.
CommunityAcademicAccess
Access to mental healthcare in the community: a milestone initiative
A detailed account of the Srinagar conference that brought clinicians, public-health specialists, community leaders and NGOs into one shared agenda.
CommunityAcademicPartnership
Culture and Psychosocial Trauma
Programme record for Dr. Mushtaq A. Margoob's session on culture and psychosocial trauma at AIIMS New Delhi's Silver Jubilee Post Graduate Development Programme.
ResearchTraumaAcademic
Kashmir: Faith and Psychiatry
A special report on the meeting point of clinical care, faith, cultural meaning and community support in Kashmir's mental-health landscape.
CommunityClinicalFaith
Addressing mental-health challenges in Kashmir
An overview of adolescent mental health and SAWAB's practical self-help modules for students, parents and teachers, including anxiety and depression.
AcademicYouthPublic education
80,000 Kashmiris visited a mental-health doctor in 2006
A contemporaneous account of the scale of need, limited specialist capacity and the growing demand for district-level mental-health services.
ImpactClinicalAccess
Recognition of a breakthrough research programme
Coverage of research presented at the 12th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry on PTSD treatment response, recovery and resilience.
ResearchPTSDRecognition
The manifestation of anger among Kashmir's trauma generation
An interview on the emotional consequences of prolonged uncertainty for children and young people, and the role of listening, support and resilience.
ResearchYouthTrauma
Scars of war
A field report from Srinagar's psychiatric hospital on conflict-related distress, the rising need for care and the people working inside a stretched system.
ClinicalImpactTrauma
Psychiatric scenario in Jammu and Kashmir
A wide-ranging interview on stigma, PTSD, substance use, research, professional training and the need for mental-health work to remain a mission.
ClinicalResearchHistory
Reinforcing spirituality can be a powerful tool to boost resilience
A detailed interview on SAWAB's beginnings, mental-health infrastructure, stigma, spirituality, faith healers and culturally grounded routes to care.
CommunityFaithHistory
Read feature Waiting Rooms of the Mind: Mental Health Realities in Kashmir
A reported feature from clinic waiting rooms and community settings on lasting conflict-related trauma, access gaps, helplines and SAWAB's role in care beyond hospital walls.
ClinicalCommunityImpact
Read feature Digital initiatives are helping improve rural India’s mental health
A feature on technology-enabled mental-health initiatives and new routes to support in underserved and rural communities.
CommunityAccessDigital health
Read feature Psychiatric problems on the rise in Kashmir
Reporting on increasing mental-health needs in Kashmir and the pressure placed on specialist care and community support systems.
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