Mental Health in Pakistan: What We Get Wrong and What Needs to Change
There is a conversation happening about mental health in Pakistan. It is happening more openly than it was five years ago, more honestly than a decade ago, and with more clinical vocabulary than at any previous point in the country’s public discourse. But the conversation and the reality remain far apart. The reality is that […]
Anxiety Treatment in Pakistan: Signs, Causes, and How to Get Help
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in the world. It is also one of the most undertreated, particularly in Pakistan, where a combination of stigma, limited mental health literacy, and a shortage of qualified psychiatric services means that most people living with anxiety disorders never receive appropriate help. This is not because treatment […]
Best Psychiatrist in Islamabad and Rawalpindi: How to Find the Right Help
Finding a psychiatrist in Islamabad or Rawalpindi is not as straightforward as it should be. Pakistan has a significant shortage of qualified mental health professionals relative to its population size, and the process of finding the right psychiatrist, one who is genuinely qualified, experienced with your specific concern, and able to provide the level of […]
Psychologist vs Psychiatrist: What Is the Difference and Who Do You Need in Pakistan?
It is one of the most common questions families ask when they first begin looking for mental health support in Pakistan. What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? Do I need one or the other? Can I see both? Which one is right for what we are dealing with? The confusion is […]
Anxiety Meaning in Urdu: اضطراب کیا ہے؟ A Guide for Pakistani Families
اضطراب کا مطلب کیا ہے؟ | What Does Anxiety Mean? اضطراب یہ لفظ اردو میں بے چینی، گھبراہٹ، اور ذہنی تناؤ کی اس کیفیت کو بیان کرتا ہے جو کسی انسان کو اندر سے بے سکون کر دیتی ہے۔ In English, the word is anxiety. But the Urdu words that come closest, اضطراب، بے چینی، […]
Dopamine and Addiction: How Your Brain Gets Hooked
Author: Abrar Ahmad | CEO & Clinical Psychologist, Federal City Rehab Clinic Doctoral-level clinical psychologist with over a decade of specialisation in addiction treatment and evidence-based rehabilitation at FCRC Islamabad Most people have heard of dopamine. It is described in popular culture as the happiness chemical, the pleasure molecule, the brain’s reward system in a single […]
Social Media and Smartphone Addiction in Pakistani Youth: Signs, Effects, and Solutions
Author: Abrar Ahmad | CEO & Clinical Psychologist, Federal City Rehab Clinic Doctoral-level clinical psychologist with over a decade of specialisation in addiction treatment and evidence-based rehabilitation at FCRC Islamabad A parent notices that their teenager is on their phone until two or three in the morning. Another watches their child abandon friendships, hobbies, and studies […]
Depression Treatment in Pakistan: What Works, What Does Not, and When Therapy Is Not Enough
Author: Dr. Obaid Ullah Khan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Federal City Rehab Clinic. Specialist in psychiatric assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and dual diagnosis presentations. Depression is the most common mental health condition in Pakistan. It is also one of the most under-treated. Millions of people are living with a […]
Dual Diagnosis Treatment in Pakistan: When Addiction and Mental Health Coexist
Author: Dr. Obaid Ullah Khan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Federal City Rehab Clinic. Specialist in psychiatric assessment and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and dual diagnosis presentations. A pattern keeps repeating in the families who come to Federal City Rehab Clinic. They have already tried treatment. Often more than once. A son […]
Xanax Addiction in Pakistan: The Prescription Drug Crisis No One Is Talking About
Author: Dr. Obaid Ullah Khan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Federal City Rehab Clinic. Specialist in the assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, dual diagnosis, and the clinical management of psychiatric medication There is a crisis unfolding in Pakistan that almost no one is talking about. It is not happening in the streets or the alleys where […]
