Mental health conceptualization and resilience factors in the Kalasha youth: An indigenous ethnic and religious minority community in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Riaz, Fahad, Khan, Tahir M., Park, Miriam Sang-Ah, Golden, Karen J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: BP62 By race, ethnic group, tribe, etc.; H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/71859/1/Kalasha%20Frontiers%20article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/71859/; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00187/full; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00187
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The Kalasha are a religious, ethnic, and linguistic minority community in Pakistan. They are indigenous people living in remote valleys of the Hindu Kush Mountains in northern Pakistan, neighboring Afghanistan. The Kalasha are pastoral, as well as agricultural people to some extent, although they ar...