IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the federal health minister are grisly: around 24m require psychiatric support in a country where less than one therapist is available for every 500,000 people. The National Mental Health Policy, launched on Thursday, with the government promising to expand mental healthcare through primary and community-based services, is heartening news. The plan provides a common national structure, while making room for provinces,........

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