By Muhammad Zubair
Lower Waziristan, an area within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan, includes a populace of over 600,000 individuals, many of whom are enduring from mental wellbeing issues such as misery, uneasiness, PTSD, and self-destructive ideation. In spite of the tall predominance of mental wellbeing issues within the locale, there are zero working analysts or mental health professionals accessible to supply bolster and treatment to those in require.
After 9/11, the situation in tribal areas changed drastically. Various military operations took place in areas such as Waziristan, and due to the War on Terror, several issues emerged here. These issues include low literacy rates, poverty, lack of basic amenities, child marriages, and others, which have become the cause of mental illnesses. Unfortunately, the government has not taken any special measures to solve these mental health issues. Unfortunately, despite the high prevalence of mental health issues, there is not even one rehabilitation center in Waziristan. Most suicides go unreported in shame-based, tribal communities.
The mental wellbeing emergency in Lower Waziristan and the affect of the need of mental wellbeing experts within the region. Through a survey of accessible information and interviews with nearby wellbeing experts, pressing require for speculation in mental wellbeing administrations within the locality.
The components contributing to the rise in mental wellbeing issues in Lower Waziristan, counting the long-standing strife within the locale, destitution, unemployment, and need of get to to essential administrations. It too highlights the specific challenges confronted by women and children, who are especially powerless to the impacts of trauma and uprooting.
With respect to the predominance of suicide and PTSD within the locale, citing later information recommends a noteworthy increment in both conditions. It emphasizes the require for focus on mediations to address the special needs of the populace in Lower Waziristan, such as community-based mental wellbeing programs and telepsychiatry administrations.
At long last, call to activity for policymakers and partners to prioritize mental wellbeing in their advancement motivation and to contribute in building the capacity of nearby wellbeing experts to address the developing mental wellbeing emergency in Lower Waziristan is of present need. The government should consider such issues seriously. (Edited by Khadijah Kamili)
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