Kashmiri women have little to cheer about on International Women’s Day. Various medical studies and surveys in the Valley show women in Kashmir are more depressed than men due to two decades of turmoil and violence.
A survey conducted by Government Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Srinagar, revealed that women constitute 55 to 60 per cent of the patients who visit the hospital annually to seek treatment for psychiatric diseases.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/surveys-show-valley-women-more-depressed-men
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bismah-malik
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mental-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-health
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
