Farah hospital registers 712 mental illness cases in a month

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): The provincial hospital in western Farah province has registered 712 mental illness cases during the past one month, an official said on Saturday.

Doctor Salahuddin Ahadi, an official of the provincial hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “We received up to 50 mentally ill patients on a daily basis during the past month and registered a total of 712 psychiatric cases”.

Ahadi said 367 of the patients were women and still 21 patients remained hospitalized receiving treatment.

He added they had a separate ward in the hospital for mentally-ill patients and a psychiatrist and his two assistants attended the patients.

Doctor Farid Sultani, the psychiatrist, said that poverty and violence were the main reason of mental illnesses among residents.

Sultani said: “It is very important to have self-confidence and consult a psychiatrist to treat such illnesses”.

Hoora, a patient from Takht area, told Pajhwok: “My economic condition is not good, my sons are doing odd jobs, whenever they travel somewhere for work, I become sad and suffer from mental stress”.

Nasima, another patient, said violence and quarrels usually occurred among her family members, which created mental illness for her. She has been suffering since four years from mental illness.

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