Mental Health in Tajikistan

Of sticky mouths and contemplation

The holy month for Islamic people is happening now: Ramadan. Tajikistan is a muslim country and many people are observant, so many are fasting...

02 Aug 2013 / 3 minute read

Death and dilemma

In today's blog Terry explores how her conviction in it being healthier to express emotion was tested by a heart-breaking dilema...

08 Mai 2013 / 4 minute read

World TB Day

March 24th was World TB Day, sounds like a happy event!

26 Mär 2013 / 2 minute read

Navruz

Terry Porslid, examins the importance of festivals and celebrations for anyone's mental health...

24 Mär 2013 / 3 minute read

Food, faith and fables

Kids can be fussy eaters at the best of times, as Terry a mental health officer working in a Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis project, discovers...

21 Mär 2013 / 5 minute read

Frustration

Terry Porslid, an MSF mental health officer, blogs about the frustrations that can occur when it is difficult to transfer knowledge or communicate...

06 Feb 2013 / 4 minute read

Fate and medicine

The Tajik people are big on fate. Their version of the islamic saying ‘inshallah’, which is nazeeb boshad, means more like “if fate so wills” than “if Allah so wills”...

08 Jan 2013 / 5 minute read

Stigma

You know how even back home, people are still reluctant to let it become known that they need psychological help? Terry blogs about the stigma behind seek mental health care...

10 Dez 2012 / 4 minute read