South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Srinagar,April 19: Besides resulting in large scale deaths, Covid pandemic has spurred mental health issues among adolescents in the Kashmir valley, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir,.The study conducted by four doctors of Government Medical College Srinagar aimed at assessing prevalence of depression and anxiety and its determinants among school-going adolescents in the Valley has found 16 percent children depressed and 20 percent suffering from anxiety.Dr Ruqia Quansar said that the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents and Generalised Anxiety Disorder questionnaire were used to screen for depression and anxiety among school-going adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years in January and February 2021. Of the 439 adolescents who had responded, 426 (97.03%) were included in the final analysis, she said, adding the adolescents had a mean age of 15-19 years and comprised 57% males.

Srinagar, Jan 26: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over observed India’s Republic Day, the 26th January, as Black Day, and  massaged to the world to take notice of India’s continued denial of right to self-determination to the Kashmiripeople. Emphasize on their demand for freedom and plebiscite as the only peaceful and pragmatic solution of the 74 years old international p