Male, 45 Years from Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

DRUG DE-ADDICTION AND PSYCHIATRIST SPECIALIST

Holistic treatment of
Depression.
Drugaddiction.
Phobia,
PTSD.
Exam Stress

Womens mental health and social service

HELP FOR FREE WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE IN KASHMIR,INDIA.
SEHAR: Beginning of a New Dawn.
ADDRESS =NEAR DISTRICT COURT BEMINA.
OPPOSITE BEMINA WOOLEN MILLS.

FACILITIES AVAILABLE=
Free Medical, Gynaecological, Psychiatric check up,Psychotherapy, Counseling of poor as well as free medicine. Working hours -Monday To Friday 11am to 4pm.
Target population= Women, Men who have psychiatric problems like Depression, PTSD, O.C.D, Anxiety, Special Children or women who faced domestic violence, incest, or drug abusers.
Saturday=Recreational activities for old with library,TV..
WHY WOMEN IN KASHMIR NEED HELP???

As many as 331 women were raped last year in Jammu and Kashmir, out of whom 307 victims were known to the offenders, says a report released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The data released says there have also been 20 attempts to rape. The 331 cases include 6 rapes committed by close family members, 21 by relatives and 61 by neighbors.
In total there have been 37, 413 rape cases throughout India last year.
The report further says there have been 2009 total sexual offences in J&K last year which accounts for 1.5 percent of offenses at all India level where 1,32,939 total sexual offences under IPC were recorded.
These 2009 sexual offences include 1421 cases of assault on women with intent to outrage their modesty and 237 cases of insult to the modesty of women.
All these sexual offences in J&K amount to 34.5 crime rate (Crime Sexual Offences per one lakh of Women Population) which is much more than all India average of 22.16.
This crime rate includes 8.4 percent of total IPC cognizable crimes which is far more than all India average of 4.7.
The data released by NCRB says there have been 3321 incidents of crime against women during 2014 in J&K which accounts for a total of 57 as rate of total cognizable crimes.
Rate of total cognizable crimes is “Incidence of Crime per one lakh of Female Population” which stands at 57 in J&K even more than all India average of 56.3.
J&K has a total one percent contribution of crime incidences Committed against Women during 2014 to all India total of 3, 37, 922 incidences.
There have been 713 incest rape cases in India. But there has been no incest rape case in J&K last year which is topped by Delhi at 144.
Again there have been 2346 gang rapes in India with no such incident in J&K.
There have been 813 incidents of kidnapping and abduction of women which is 14 whereas the all India average is only 9.6. In India there have been a total of 57, 311 kidnapping and abduction cases.
Out of total kidnapping incidents, 236 cases are registered under “K & A of Women to compel her for marriage, etc.”
There have also been 5 dowry deaths and 467 incidents of cruelty by husband and relatives, with 25 incidents of abetment of suicide of women.
There are 58.3 lakh mid-year projected female population of the J&K. In total there have been 36,735 rape cases in 29 states and seven union territories with Madhya Pradesh topping the list with 5076 rape cases and Nagaland at the bottom with just 30 cases among the states.
Crime against women consists of rape, attempt to rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths, assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty, insult to modesty of women, cruelty by husband or his relatives, Importation of Girls from Foreign Country, Abetment of Suicides of Women (Sec 306 IPC), Dowry Prohibition Act, Indecent Representation of Women (P) Act, Commission of Sati (P) Act, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act and Immoral Traffic (P) Act.
After her wake-up knocks at Mohsin's (name changed) door in the morning got no response, the worried mother called her husband. The door, locked from inside, was then broken open and the 19-year-old was found dead in the room.
The autopsy showed Mohsin had chosen the easy way out of a frustrating life he could not handle due to depression - he had committed suicide. An empty bottle of sleeping pills and strips of anti-depressant drugs found in the room proved that Mohsin had for long been suffering from a mental condition that he could neither reveal nor handle.
Mohsin was not the first and, unfortunately perhaps, not the last Kashmiri teen to end his life in a way that shatters his parents' dreams about their children and also ends what should be otherwise joyful lives and futures of teens.
In the predominantly Muslim majority Kashmir Valley, suicide is not only a social and moral taboo, it is an unpardonable religious sin.
Muslims are forbidden from offering the funeral prayers of anybody who ends his life by committing suicide.
Ironically, because of this social, moral and religious stigma, not many people driven to the wall by depression are able to either disclose their mental condition to the family or seek psychiatric help.
According to Dr. Akash, a psychiatrist, teenagers living in the Valley are more susceptible to psychiatric problems than those living in other parts of the state - because of the pressures under which they live.
"We are living in a conflict environment and here the pressures are multi-faceted - failure in examinations, unsuccessful love affairs, unhappy married and family life, frustration because of unemployment - but
a special reason for suicide in Kashmir is the uncertain political situation," Akash told IANS.
"In such uncertain conditions, healthy psychological and mental growth is not possible and people resort to an extreme act like suicide to get away from this scenario" he added.
Jammu and Kashmir has seen an anti-India insurgency since 1989 that has claimed over 70,000 lives, the majority of them civilians.
"Suicidal tendency is an ailment and it should be treated as such, but in Kashmir it is a very complex phenomenon; seemingly happy youths may be a total wreck from the inside, our social structure is such that it inhibits us from expressing our feelings to our elders and this has disastrous results on the psyche of a person, especially the youth and ultimately lead to suicides" Akash observed.
According to sociologists, the shift from the joint family to the nuclear family system is another major reason for youth suicides in the Valley.
"We have become disconnected. Today, parents don't have enough time for their children, they buy them expensive electronic gadgets and motor vehicles but don't spend enough time with them or listen to their problems and concerns," said a local sociologist.
"In a joint family, we had elders who would counsel children and act as role models for them, but that trend has declined drastically and teens in a small family feel alone as there is nobody who would listen to their problems or cater to their spiritual needs," he added.
A sociological survey has shown that among those who committed suicide, most were between 17 and 26 years of age and sadly enough, as many as 62 percent of them were women and girls.
The surveys revealed many of the young boys and girls who had committed suicide had crossed the their marriageable age while their parents found it difficult to arrange matches for them. This has stressed girls
more than boys among the lot that took the extreme step.
More than 300,000 youths with degrees in medicine, engineering and other professions are unemployed in Kashmir.
According to a survey, the incidents of suicide were almost negligible before the advent of the militancy, but over the years, because of the lingering violence, Kashmiris have become victims of post-traumatic stress
disorders.
This is evident from the number of patients registered in the state's sole mental healthcare facility, where about 150,000 patients are registered as of December 2014 - compared to a meagre 1,200 in the late 1980s.
A majority of doctors believe the number of those suffering from such mental ailments could be much higher but aren't on the records as a majority of people do not go to a hospital for treatment for varied reasons.
The survey also indicated that 77.4 percent of those attempting suicide were women. Of them, 11 percent opted to end their lives during pregnancy.
The ratio of suicide in rural and urban areas, as per the survey is 85:15. The proportion of illiterate and literate victims is 40:60 respectively.
Alarmingly, 76.92 percent of people committing suicide were in the bract of 16 to 25.

WE AT SEHAR HAVE TREATED 433 FEMALES HERE IS ONE SUCCESS STORY.
A Young female aged 25 was suffering from CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA .So she had no insight, was refusing to take any medicine or visit a doctor. Unfortunately due to lack of awareness ,she was beaten to the pulp and taken to a doctor who was busy seeing other patients so without even bothering to see her, he prescribed her some Injectables. As bad luck would have been after four healthy women held the patient so that injections could be given, she resisted and in this friction she developed compound fracture. From that day her family members decided never to visit a doctor and used to visit faith healers and were duped of valuables. One day patients mother developed high blood pressure ,as our centre was nearest she visited it. She was impressed by the way counselor and doctor talked with her, her hypertension was controlled and she began visiting centre regularly. Its said God could not be presented everywhere, so he created mother. She could not confide pain of his son and started weeping. Our counselor consoled her and she said that if some doctor can heal my son its you. But there was a problem, on seeing a doctor her daughter would become violent. So the mental health officer changed his clothes and visited their house as a far away relative .The doctor meticulously observed the patient and after sitting there for 1 hour left. After that there were more visits. The medicine was prescribed and family members were asked to put the odorless, colorless mouth dissolving medicine in patient’s food. For 2 months there were very little signs of improvement, but one fine day I heard some women shouting MY SON HAS BEEN HEALED….MY SON HAS BEEN HEALED. My joy knew no bounds when I learnt it’s the same women whose son we treated , the patient who was mute for 5 months had started talking, not only this but resumed her job. She also was no more violent ,family members had brought sacred but traditional SHIRINI sweets ,FOR ME IT WAS HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE AND AS IF I HAD RECEIVED NOBLE PRIZE.

How CAN WE HELP? AND WHO WE ARE?
WHO WE ARE?
My name is Dr.Arif Maghribi, and i am a doctor hope i can work on a unique project for women in distress..I have worked with SMHS. with UNAIDS, and Action-Aid International as mental health officer. In year 2011 along with Justine Hardy started first toll free helpline for people in depression, drug-abuse, domestic violence etc. I have seen over 2000 patients of schizophrenia, PTSD, Drug-addiction, Exam phobia. I have conducted research on PTSD, Drug-abuse, Diabetes in Kashmir. I am also a REIKI ,YOGA, expert and one of the few doctors in Kashmir who were trained by royal college of psychiatry, London in treatment and counseling of patients who suffer from various mental health ailments. I regularly write for national and local newspapers, you can google search my name Dr.Arif Maghribi,Kashmir . I also worked in hospital treating patients of hypertension, diabetes and other common ailments for 2 years. Not long ago i wrote article on female drug addiction,and domestic violence Please find the links. . His past 8 years psychiatrist work experience has been in the field of armed conflict where he has worked face to face with the victims, particularly addressing the issues of survival, and support in direct armed conflict and its repercussions not only on the survivor but also the family and the community. He believes in a holistic approach of healing and has combined his knowledge of Reike in treating patients. Dr Arif has worked with Mariam Wellness Centre, H.E.L.P Foundation, Kashmir life, ActionAid International, Better World AIDS initiative, NACO and UNDP .He started the first TOLL FREE STRESS REDUCING HELP LINE IN Kashmir. He has also done diploma in drug-deaddiction and counselling.

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Jun/26/kashmir-drug-abuse-in-females-66.asp

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Nov/8/why-go-drugs-way-29.asp

For more details click https://soulofkashmir.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/s-o-s-from-women-in-kashmir/
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HOW WE WORKING ON SMALL SCALE.








1=INSTALLING A TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR WOMEN IN ANY KIND OF STRESS WHICH WILL BE MANAGED BY A TRAINED FEMALE COUNSELOR.
2=1 Psychiatrist.. who will work as clerk, counsellor, liaison officer [TILL PROJECT IS STABILIZED] 20000 per month=240000
2=TWO ROOMS FOR RENT.10000 per month.120000
For more details

Money needed for one YEAR=360000 INR
6000 Dollars ..
HOW CAN YOU DONATE???
YOU CAN DONATE IN OUR TRUSTS NAME
SEHAR WELFARE TRUST
BRANCH=HSHS HARSISINGHHIGHSTREET,SRINAGAR,KASHMIR
IFSC CODE=HDFC0000724
BANK ACCOUNT=50200012610940.
YOU CAN ALSO DONATE MEDICINE. EVERY DONOR WILL RECEIVE A RECEIPT AND CHARTED ACCOUNTANT WILL AUDIT OUR ACCOUNTS.WE ALSO ASK VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN US IN OUR EFFORTS.

IF you think our mission is worthy or you have any questions call.
Dr.Arif Maghribi Khan.
Mobile=9419428795.

E mail ID= arifmaghribi@yahoo.com.