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SRINAGAR, India (AFP) ??” Amid a renewed push to extreme point 15 years of bloodshed in Indian-administered Kashmir, mental health clevers warn far more must be done to fight a long-term battle against the war's psychological scars.

While at least 40000 the community have died by official number in the Islamic insurgency, thousands more be affected by trauma after narrowly escaping death, suffering harms or finding out loved the sames have been killed or tortured.

Psychologists were Friday starting a three-day workshop in the summer capital Srinagar forward ways to boost mental health services in Kashmir which many of them consider dangerously inadequate.

A retired clinic in Srinagar is responsible for mental health care for all of the scenic Himalayan territory which is residence to 10 million people, [i]connoisseur[/i]s say.

"Given the alarming mental health crisis, there should be a psychiatrist available at each sub-district and district level," said Hamidullah Shah,