Tag: discrimination
The Distance between Doctors and Psychiatric Patients: A Subtle Form of Discrimination against the Mentally Ill?
If we consider the word “reject”, it means to not give someone the attention, love and care they want and expect. It also means to [more…]
Impact of Societal Stigma on the Mentally Ailing
Stigma is a set of labels imposed by society on an individual and can lead to their isolation because of avoidance of social situations and [more…]
Stigmatization of Substance Abuse: The Story After Rehabilitation
To begin this article, I would like to bring your attention to an organization I visited as part of my clinical objective—AAS, the Alleviate Addiction [more…]
Three Per Hour: Exploring the Stark Realities of Maternal Mortality
In 2015, the Millennium Development Goals were drafted as eight international targets for the time-bound eradication of poverty in all its dimensions. Pakistan happens to [more…]
Honor Killings in Pakistan: Sociocultural and Ethno-Legal Domains
A barbaric incident of honor killing was reported from Islamabad in Dawn (2012, March 12); a nineteen year old, four months pregnant girl, initially presumed to [more…]
