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Talking about mental health


Talking about mental health
July 28, 2021
Following the 18th Amendment to the constitution of Pakistan, health became a provincial subject. Thereafter, the provincial assemblies adopted – and in certain cases updated – the former laws that loosely captured the subject of mental health such as the Mental Health Ordinance, 2001 and the Disabled Person (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, 1981.
Sindh and Punjab have a rudimentary legislative framework in place to address mental health while all four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory have enacted laws that govern the rights of disabled persons. These include: the Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Punjab), Sindh Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2018, Balochistan Persons with Disabilities Act, 2017, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Act, 2012, and the ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2020. While t ....

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Mental health toll - Newspaper


The writer is a political and integrity risk analyst.
SOARING case numbers and fresh restrictions constantly underscore the physical toll of Covid-19. But the psychological impact of this pandemic requires urgent attention too.
A recent survey completed by the Sindh Mental Health Authority (SMHA) and Edhi Foundation highlighted the scale of the problem: 42 per cent of respondents spread evenly across urban and rural areas reported suffering from depression. Respondents described high levels of anxiety, and 25pc reported experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Sindh is by no means an anomaly. Last week, the WHO declared that the mental health impact of the pandemic will be “long-term and far-reaching”. Such discourse is not novel; as the world locked down, public officials and health authorities acknowledged that there would be a psychological and emotional fallout of fear of illness, disrupted work, limited social interactions, and heightened familial tensions. ....

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