When a senior Islamabad police officer reportedly took his own life last month, shock and sorrow rippled across the country. What followed, however, was revealing: instead of compassion, a state TV journalist branded him “a coward and a fool.” The backlash laid bare a truth Pakistan avoids: that we still treat mental illness as weakness […]
Mental
Mental health
Sir: There is growing evidence of the impact of mental illness. But, unfortunately, there are a number of ramifications associated with not getting a proper treatment for a mental health disorder. Mental illness, when untreated, leads the patient to suffer in solitude. Moreover, individuals with mental illness are at increased risk for self-harm, including attempted […]