The rising suicide rate in Indian administered Kashmir
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The violent struggle for control of Kashmir has left many scars on the people who live there.
Thousands of people in Indian administered Kashmir suffer from depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder following two decades of insurgency and military troop presence.
Mental health professionals in the capital Srinagar say they are now seeing three or four people a day who show suicidal tendencies and they come from a variety of backgrounds.
Before the start of the armed insurgency in 1989, the region had one of the lowest suicide rates in India. Doctors were then treating around 1700 patients a year with mental health problems. They are now seeing more than 40,000.
There are only 20 psychiatrists and a handful of clinical psychiatrists working in a region with a population of 4 million.
From Srinagar, psychiatrist Dr Arshad Hussain told Outlook's Matthew Bannister about the challenges he faces.
First broadcast on 04 October 2010.
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