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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

No quick cure for mental illness, by Dominik von Bohlen (kp 16/11/2008)

Combating depression, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 14/11/2008)

Mental health in neglect: Experts (kp 24/10/2008), Mental health relegated to the back-burner (ht 24/10/2008)

SC succour for mentally ill (ht 17/10/2008)

105 commit suicide in Morang last year (rn 14/10/2008)

Depression in Nepal worse among women (kp 30/09/2008)

All in the mind: One in five Nepalis suffers from some form of mental disorder, by Jagannath Lamichhane (nt 26/09/2008)

‘Mental health neglected in Nepal’ (kp 14/07/2008)

‘Low funding hampers mental health’ (kp 16/04/2008), Mental health care ‘facilities lacking’ (ht 16/04/2008)

Depressed denizens (ht 03/04/2008)

Mental health gone mad, by Toby Staveley (kp 17/02/2008)

Mental Hospital lacks basic facilities, by Baburam Kharel (kp 11/02/2008)

Back from breakdown: Post-conflict mental trauma is hard to treat, by Subrath Shrestha (nt 01/02/2008)

Coping psychological vulnerabilities, by Subrath Shrestha (kp 25/11/2007)

Insights on mental health and mental illness, by Subrath Shrestha (kp 14/10/2007)

Mental health in Nepal, whose concern? Silent suffering, by Biren Bangdel and Nawaraj Upadhaya (kp 23/09/2007)

Is anger harmful?, by Rajan Raj Acharya (kp 12/07/2007)

All in the mind: Looking beyond just the physical scars of conflict, by Brandon Kohrt (nt 29/06/2007)

Doomed by fate, ignored by society, by Baburam Kharel (kp 05/06/2007)

Nepal faces post-war mental health crisis, by Sam Taylor (Daily Times 15/12/2006)

Social conflicts and mental health problems, by Kapil Dev Upadhyaya (kp 17/11/2006)

Nepal to host regional psychiatrists meeting (pd 03/11/2006)

Law on mental health on anvil (samn 17/09/2006)

Number of mental patients up in Nepal (samn 15/09/2006)

720,000 mentally retarded persons in country (nn 25/04/2006)

Depression is the main cause of suicide (nn 21/10/2005)

30 Psychiatrists for 30pc mentally ill (samn 10/10/2005)

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