Regular visit of psychiatrists in jails demanded.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairperson Human Rights Commission Nasreen Azhar here on Sunday demanded the department concerned to ensure regular visits of psychiatrists for monitoring of women and mental patients in prison.

Talking to reporter, she said regular visit of psychiatrists in jail would control the woman's mental disorder of high prevalence which was caused by inadequate services for mental healthcare, poor identification of mental disorders in...

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