thehimalayantimes (23rd July 2015) |
Dr Kunwar stressed on the need to strengthen human resources and raise awareness among parents and teachers about mental health issues of children and adolescents. “Level of awareness among parents about mental health problems is still very low in Nepal,” said Dr Kunwar. Dr Kunwar said one of the goals of starting the new OPD is to develop training programmes so that human resources can be trained to provide services to affected children and adolescents.