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Kazakhstan's mental health crisis: 'as men we can't seek help' [TheGuardian.com]

 

Mental health professionals in Kazakhstan are reporting a surge in the number of male clients seeking help as a result of the country’s financial crisis.

Psychologists say the economic downturn has proven particularly traumatic for men who are under significant pressure to provide for their families in what is still a heavily patriarchal society.

After the government agreed a free-floating exchange rate last August the tenge has fallen 45% against the dollar, with savings in the currency seeing huge devaluation.



[For more of this story, written by Tatiana Em in Almaty, go to http://www.theguardian.com/wor...l-health-men-economy]

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