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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

A beautiful mind: Nir Prakash is intelligent, he received an elite education, and he has schizophrenia, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 30/07/2010)

Nowhere to go: Maila has been rescued, but there are many other mentally ill still roaming the streets, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 16/07/2010), Nowhere to go: The state should offer solutions for the mentally ill and homeless, by Sharada Sharma (kp 20/07/2010)

Mental health policy lies dormant, by Prasun Singh (kp 18/06/2010)

Mental experts seek equal legal provisions (ht 25/05/2010)

Driving everyone nuts: The existing political confusion is certain to intensify mental disorders in the country, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 21/05/2010)

No peace within: In the aftermath of the conflict, the state's neglect of mental health is set to be badly exposed, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 26/03/2010)

What a mess: The utter filth and bad management at the Mental Hospital will drive anyone crazy, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 19/03/2010)

Mockery of mental health (nn 01/02/2010)

Suffer the children: Today’s kids are more likely to be adversely affected both mentally and intellectually, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 22/01/2010)

I know my rights, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 13/11/2009)

25% people develop mental disorder at some stage: Study, by Pragya Lamsal (ht 01/11/2009)

Mental health & society, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 28/08/2009)

"Of all things I lost, I miss my mind most!", by Aayushma KC (rep 19/06/2009)

37-yr-old in shackles for 21 years, by Jagadish Bhattarai (ht 01/05/2009)

Wise guys: Wisdom must be restored in the social, political and development affairs of this country, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 17/04/2009)

Depression paints a gloomy portrait of nation's health: A wake-up call as statistics reveal that around six million Nepalis are suffering from various forms of mental disorder, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 30/03/2009)

Yer blues, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 20/03/2009)

Nepali psychiatrists train on trauma and mental health (nn 10/03/2009)

Number of mental patients rising in PLA (nn 03/03/2009)

They need help, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 20/02/2009)

Mental health and society: A great injustice, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 16/01/2009)

The mentally disabled have rights too, by Jagannath Lamichhane  (kp 19/12/2008)

The pain of mental illness: We must demand rights of mentally ill, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 28/11/2008)

Country’s suicide rate rings alarm bells, by Baburam Kharel (kp 22/11/2008)

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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