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Psychiatrists Report Increase of Female Student Patients

Psychiatrists reported that more female students had been coming to visit them recently.

One of Kabul's psychiatrists, Safa Farzaei, said that 90 of 100 patients he sees are female and that most of them are students.

“If we examine 100 patients, 90 patients of them are girls and women. Mostly school students and university students come here. The problems they tell us about are extreme sadness, suicide attempts,” Farzaei noted.

"We have most of the problems with women over the age of fifteen because the suspension of schools creates an environment conducive to despair, and over the age of eighteen there are problems with the closing of universities,” Zikraya Barikzai, another psychiatrist.

Meanwhile, female students expressed their sadness over the fact that their schools have not yet reopened, saying that this has put mental and emotional pressure on them.

“I tried a lot to reach somewhere, but we were completely unlucky. We missed everything in Afghanistan,” Sadaf told a TOLOnews reporter.

Students and their families asked the current government to reopen girls' schools immediately.

“I ask the Islamic Emirate to reopen schools to girls so that they contribute to the progress of their country,” said Qudsiya, a student.

“They were going to university and school with a special joy, and when school was closed they became very depressed and isolated,” said Firoza, the mother of a student.

Earlier, Human Rights Watch in a report criticized the restrictions placed on Afghan women and said that since the Islamic Emirate was reestablished, Afghan females have been denied access to jobs, education, and social involvement.

The Islamic Emirate hasn't recently remarked on the topic of reopening schools for females above the sixth grade, although it has previously said that they are working on a plan to reopen schools and universities for girls.

Psychiatrists Report Increase of Female Student Patients

“I tried a lot to reach somewhere, but we were completely unlucky. We missed everything in Afghanistan,” Sadaf told a TOLOnews reporter.

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Psychiatrists reported that more female students had been coming to visit them recently.

One of Kabul's psychiatrists, Safa Farzaei, said that 90 of 100 patients he sees are female and that most of them are students.

“If we examine 100 patients, 90 patients of them are girls and women. Mostly school students and university students come here. The problems they tell us about are extreme sadness, suicide attempts,” Farzaei noted.

"We have most of the problems with women over the age of fifteen because the suspension of schools creates an environment conducive to despair, and over the age of eighteen there are problems with the closing of universities,” Zikraya Barikzai, another psychiatrist.

Meanwhile, female students expressed their sadness over the fact that their schools have not yet reopened, saying that this has put mental and emotional pressure on them.

“I tried a lot to reach somewhere, but we were completely unlucky. We missed everything in Afghanistan,” Sadaf told a TOLOnews reporter.

Students and their families asked the current government to reopen girls' schools immediately.

“I ask the Islamic Emirate to reopen schools to girls so that they contribute to the progress of their country,” said Qudsiya, a student.

“They were going to university and school with a special joy, and when school was closed they became very depressed and isolated,” said Firoza, the mother of a student.

Earlier, Human Rights Watch in a report criticized the restrictions placed on Afghan women and said that since the Islamic Emirate was reestablished, Afghan females have been denied access to jobs, education, and social involvement.

The Islamic Emirate hasn't recently remarked on the topic of reopening schools for females above the sixth grade, although it has previously said that they are working on a plan to reopen schools and universities for girls.

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