Mental health takes a toll on kids in Manipur

FACED with an uncertain future amid the ethnic violence, displaced people in strife-torn Manipur, particularly children, are slowly slipping into depression, officials said.

- PRASANTA MAZUMDAR

They started arriving at the relief camps in early May, with the children highly traumatised. Despite repeated counselling, they have not fully recovered.

"We have started noticing symptoms of depression in people displaced due to violence, especially children. There are some who do not want to venture out of their rooms a telltale sign of depression," said Yurembam Indramani, District Child Protection Officer, Imphal West.