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Taskeen nominated for Dr. Guislain Award 2020

The Dr. Guislain Award ‘Breaking the Chains of Stigma’ is an initiative of Museum Dr. Guislain and Janssen Research & Development, LLC, uniting two institutes that have a longstanding involvement...

COVID-Mental Health Response launched by Taskeen

Taskeen and coalition partners unveiled the official website www.covidmh.pk (Taskeen Media Desk) The COVID-19 crisis threatens to lead to a mental health pandemic, due to the tremendous distress caused by...

Reasons why you should never be ashamed of seeking help

You are not crazy, Nor deranged, Neither ungrateful or the one to blame. You are not the culprit, but instead the victim; Of a chemical imbalance in your brain. Which...

What are the cultural barriers that stop sufferers from seeking help?

As many health beliefs and behaviors are culturally-based and their treatment is contingent upon how much the society is educated about mental illness and its deteriorating impact onto the sufferers....

Gender and Stigma

Have you ever imagined who has determined gender roles? Who has defined masculinity or feminism? They are just a set of attributes or characteristics, behaviour and roles generally associated with...

Suicide doesn’t take away the pain, it gives it to someone else

Mental illness has led people to commit actions that would make one’s senses to shatter, it would make our hearts bleed. In recent times, the growing epidemic of suicide rates...

How does Pakistan perceive mental health?

Being a third world country with a literacy rate of only 58%, topics like mental health seldom get discussed or acknowledged in Pakistan. With its population facing problems like hunger,...

HOW CAN WE OVERCOME SELF STIGMA

What is self- stigma? Self- stigma is when you think that you are not good enough which is the outcome of the belief that these vulnerabilities that stem out of...