The first rays of dawn break over the mountains as Naseer Mir Ahmad begin his morning. A brisk two-kilometer walk through his neighborhood, the crisp air filling his lungs as he mentally prepares for the day ahead. For Naseer, a counsellor educator with Doctors Without Borders India/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kashmir, each day … Read more
The morning sun rises over the green mountains of Kashmir as Taheem Jafar prepares for another day as a community mental health worker with Doctors Without Borders India/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It’s 9:00 AM, and she’s already gathering her materials—information leaflets, her diary, and a pen in one of the Primary Health Centers (PHC) in … Read more
Since 2001, MSF has been offering free, high-quality counselling services to individuals in Kashmir. To tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness, MSF actively works to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and the necessity for accessible mental health services in the region. Introducing our Mobile Response Team (MRT): a committed group consisting of … Read more
Since 2001, MSF has been offering free, high-quality counselling services to individuals in Kashmir. Our dedicated teams currently operate in hospitals across four districts: Baramulla, Bandipora, Pulwama, and Srinagar. To tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness, MSF actively works to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and the necessity for accessible mental health … Read more
In Kashmir valley, better mental health is sought. Community outreach is reducing stigma and increasing care seeking behaviour. Every week from Monday to Friday, 30 year-old Mudasir Lone in Sopore, Kashmir, spends eight hours daily interacting with locals and talking to them about mental health. He is part of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / … Read more
Ajaz Ahmad Sofi, Clinical Psychologist at MSF mental health care project in Jammu and Kashmir writes how our teams are working to meet a huge need for psychological support in the valley. “Complaints related to mental health are not new to the people in Kashmir. Decades of difficult times have led to a huge need … Read more
Are you in self-isolation? Is your mind surrounded by information related to the epidemic/pandemic? In difficult times, like during a pandemic, many people start feeling stressed, anxious and have other overwhelming emotions. MSF Psychologist Sharika Amin offers three ways to help us cope with stress during these times.
Srinagar, 8 October 2016: The international medical humanitarian organisation – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) in collaboration with Institute of Mental and Neuro Sciences (IMHANS) Kashmir conducted on 8 October 2016 at the Community Centre – a training workshop on psychological first aid (PFA) for nurses and paramedical staff to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2016. … Read more
Integrated and decentralised prevention, care and treatment programme urgently needed Jammu and Kashmir: Nearly 1.8 million adults (45% of the population) in the Kashmir Valley show symptoms of significant mental distress according to a comprehensive mental health survey conducted by the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) between October and December 2015. … Read more
