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High prevalence of
Depression amongst females of Chitral.
Depression
Mood changes every day. We all experience feeling of being very
sad, miserable, fad up of life etc, but for short period of time.
Usually such feeling com at certain special occasions like demise
of a close one, loss of job, financial loss etc. These feeling
remain for short period of time like few hours or two or three
days. After that we start feeling well, start enjoying our
life..... that is normal. But when the feeling of extreme sadness,
feeling miserable, being fed up of life , not enjoying life,
persist for more then two weeks it is called Depression.
These are the starting points of the depression,
when not treated it will lead to disturbed social life, disturbed
family, disturbance in the interpersonal relation and finally to
suicide.
It will be astonishing for all of you that
Depression amongst the females of Chitral is 60% which is highest
in the world. Consumption of antidepressant medicine is also very
high in Chitral. Although data are not available but suicide
amongst female should also be high in Chitral.
Being a practicing doctor I myself have observed
that daily OPD visit of a doctor is comprised more then 90% of
females. All these female come with vague symptoms of aches and
pain, loss of sleep, lethargy, being very ill etc. When we carry
out a thorough examination of these patient we find nothing
abnormal physically, in them. Actually all these are at different
level of depression .
We all proudly praise our Chitral as a land of
very peaceful moderate and educated people. We also claim that our
District has very promising literacy rate both in females and
males. If Chitral has all these thing then why our females are
depressed? why depression amongst female is highest in the world in
Chitral? Why consumption of antidepressant and sleep pills is
alarming in Chitral?
Through your on-line news paper I invite all the
educated class of of the Chitralis to come forward and and find out
what are the main causes of this high rate of depression amongst
females of Chitral. Your suggestion will be highly valued.. we are
going to launch a programe of mental health in Chitral specially
targeting the depression amongst females in Chitral. Your
suggestion may save a life from committing suicide and a family
from internal conflict. So all you are requested to give your ideas
regarding the cause of high prevalence of depression amongst the
female of Chitral.
Dr Farman Nizar.
Chitral.
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