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Depression, anxiety and war in Pakistan's tribal belt

"The 19 year-old is one of a growing number of Pakistanis living in the tribal areas on the Afghan border who has suffered from conditions related to depression, anxiety and mental health problems because of war. US drone strikes, fighting between Pakistani Taliban and the army, mass displacement, chronic unemployment and disillusionment are all causing mental suffering on an unprecedented scale in northwest Pakistan, say psychiatrists....

"There is a growing demand for locally made tranquillisers and anti-depressantsβ€”cheap copies of expensive drugs manufactured in the West. Behind the counter of his Peshawar pharmacy, Abdullah has the ideal medication: a box of 30 anxiety-inhibiting pills for $2. "Before we didn't have these type of products, I didn't even know they existed. But for several years, we've been selling loads of them," he said...."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-depression-anxiety-war-pakistan-tribal.html

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