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WE have all heard of the casting couch and the trials and tribulations attached to it. Who would have thought that the other couch, as well-known if not more, that of the psychologist, may be as fraught with risk as the former?
It is an uphill task to convince anyone in Pakistan to seek psychological help because of myriad reasons stigma attached to mental health issues, illiteracy, poverty, access etc. The fact that there is no licensing or regulatory authority to authenticate professional qualification, quality of service and code of conduct, makes the task even more difficult.
July 26, 2021
Islamabad: Sympathizing with the family of Noor Mukaddam, whose gruesome murder on Eid day will continue haunt every Pakistani for years, the Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) has invited the government’s attention to the mushroom growth of unregulated mental health centres of the kind where Noor’s alleged murderer Zahir Jaffer had reportedly received his ‘training’ and had even worked as a ‘counselor,’ treating individuals and conducting sessions in educational institutions.
“The critical shortage of qualified mental health providers in Pakistan, including psychiatrists, has not only deprived our population of quality, evidence-based mental health services but has also allowed the mushroom growth of unsupervised centers all over the country. These centers are preying on the unsuspecting public of Pakistan, charging huge sums of money for substandard, sometimes dangerous, services without any oversight or any recourse available to patients and families
Crackdown on unregulated mental health centres demanded
July 24, 2021
Islamabad : Sympathizing with the family of Noor Mukaddam, whose gruesome murder on Eid day will continue haunt every Pakistani for years, the Pakistan Psychiatric Society (PPS) has invited the government’s attention to the mushroom growth of unregulated mental health centres of the kind where Noor’s alleged murderer Zahir Jaffer had reportedly received his ‘training’ and had even worked as a ‘counselor,’ treating individuals and conducting sessions in educational institutions.
“The critical shortage of qualified mental health providers in Pakistan, including psychiatrists, has not only deprived our population of quality, evidence-based mental health services but has also allowed the mushroom growth of unsupervised centers all over the country. These centers are preying on the unsuspecting public of Pakistan, charging huge sums of money for substandard, sometimes dangerous, services without any o
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