Srinagar, Apr 02: Due to the prevailing disturbed conditions, over 10 lakh people in Kashmir are suffering from mental health problems and one lakh among them suffer from suicidal tendencies. This was revealed by Dr Mushtaq Murghoob, senior consultant of the psychiatric disease hospital Srinagar, at a workshop on “Children, Mental Health and Conflict” in Kashmir. The three-day workshop is being organised by Aman, a trust set up in November 2001, to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of conflict in the society. It runs a special centre for children in Srinagar. Dr Mushtaq said, “Everyday, we attend to over 250 patients. This is six times more than the pre-militancy era.” Another consultant Hamidullah Shah said he treated as many as 10,000 patients including children in the last 14 years. According to him, 40 percent were not related to stress. Last year, 24,465 cases were reported to the psychiatric hospital. Dr Chander Mohan, a senior consultant in the State government hospital in Jammu stated the situation is not different in Jammu. The Jammuites were not mentally prepared for the rise of militancy and the mass migration of Kashmiri Pandits and people from Doda and border areas, he said. “Between 1995 and 2000, as many 1,78,000 people with different problems came to us and till 2004 we have recorded 2,20,000 registrations,” he said. Referring to migrants Dr Chander Mohan said he treated 11,000 of them who were suffering from different ailments mostly related to the change in their residence. “In addition to over 1,200 detainees that we are supposed to take care every month, we have drug addicts whose number is rising with every passing day,” he added. Dr Chander Mohan said Jammu lacks adequate infrastructure when it comes to mental health care.