After our needs assessment, we really had to sift through the themes that we were going to work on with the PKSS teachers, while tapping the sectoral expertise of mental health professionals at Meditrina. To start with, we picked up two related sub-topics - learning and behavioural difficulties. While at this stage it is not fair …
It's official. We have quietly launched our pilot psychosocial support programme, after months of research, consultation - and negotiation.It's hard to find support for something that isn't entirely recognized as a priority. In Pakistan, the "mental health gap" or, as our doctor friends call it, the MH-gap, is not something that gets a lot of …