With the Taliban leadership severely restricting female education and work, specialists at Afghan hospitals are reporting an increase in women and girls receiving outpatient therapy and medication amid mounting mental health concerns.
published in the journal BMC Psychiatry found that about half of Afghan women suffered from high psychological distress.Viviane Kovess-Masfety, one of the study’s authors, said no comparable study has been released since the Taliban takeover. It may be too soon to tell if psychological conditions blamed on the restrictions reflect mounting nationwide distress, she said, adding that the end of the war also may have prompted positive changes.
When her daughter is depressed, the mother said, she tells her that one day she will get back to teaching. “It’s the only way to motivate her these days,” she said.Similar accounts are more widespread than the hospital’s management admits, according to one doctor, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk with journalists.
As her life spiraled downward, he said, his sister sought help at a mental health facility multiple times in recent months.
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