De første måneder, hvor den 35-årige enke Anayata, én af hundredetusinder af flygtninge fra Nordpakistan, boede i en flygtningelejr, ville hun hverken tale med nogen eller forlade sit telt.
JALOZAI, 5. september, 2012 (IRIN): In bouts (udbrud) of anger, she would hit her four children.
“I wept through the journey from my village to Jalozai. I never wanted to leave my home. I thought I would go back in 20 days. It has now been a year,” she said, sitting in the courtyard of a makeshift tent compound.
Bibi is one of hundreds of thousands of idisplaced Pakistanis who have fled fighting between insurgent groups and the Pakistan military in the Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan.
Among other challenges, psychologists and aid workers say the displaced are at high risk of mental illness because of the stress of migration and exposure to violence. The diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, says the World Health Organization (WHO) in a recent report, remains an unmet health priority at Jalozai.
Anayata was diagnosed with acute anxiety (opstemthed/hektisk) and depression three months ago by psychologists visiting Jalozai.
Doctors and aid workers at the camp say many of the nearly 65,000 camp residents are suffering from anxiety and depression, and showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
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