Family Survivors of Disappeared Persons of Kashmir

It gives us immense pleasure to introduce this research oriented masterpiece book regarding one of the burning issues of Kashmir Valley.The book is the first of its kind in covering the psychological aspects of family members of disappeared persons of Kashmir in a quantitative form.The book starts with a brief and lucid background of disappearances in Kashmir and its impact on family members of disappeared persons. Both positive and negative mental health dimensions were studied thoroughly by using standardised culture sensitive tools.The efficacy of different Psycho-social protective factors particularly religion and self regulation adopted by these survivors in promoting their mental health is also presented in both numerical as well as descriptive form.The book will prove handy for the researchers, students, teachers and writers belonging to the field of human rights violation, international law, mental health workers and NGOs.