Patel is the Pershing Square Professor of Global Health at Harvard Medical School and is affiliated with the Public Health Foundation of India and Sangath
Mental illness often stems from early-life trauma. It’s happening in Kashmir
We remember youth as the one period in which we were inspired by hope for our own future, and for our community. As a miasma of fear descends upon Kashmir, imagine the impact this would have on the minds of children and young people already damaged by two decades of conflict.
When we think of childhood adversity, we imagine the kind of truly horrible stuff which happened to the character of Bobby in the film Judgementall Hai Kya. While I found the film somewhat cringe-worthy, I thought there was at least one figment of a fact which was credible. The protagonist’s mental illness was seeded by the trauma she had experienced in her childhood, her violent father and his extreme jealousy, her parents’ marital strife and, ultimately, their tragic death. Indeed, adversities in childhood are the most important predictor of our mental health, not only in childhood but throughout our lives.
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