Psychological Impact of Armed Conflict in Anantnag, Kashmir

Kashmir Valley has been since long trapped in an armed conflict between Kashmiri insurgents and Indian security forces. The direct consequences had been many social economic and political problems for the whole State and more particularly for the Kashmir Valley. Same is true about the health related problems and more particularly the Psychological problems arising through the daily conflict and trauma in the Kashmir. Hence the study analyzes the psychological impact of armed conflict in one of the main districts of Kashmir i.e. Anantnag also known as Islamabad, which has been more involved in the armed insurgency  than other areas or districts of Kashmir and has thus faced more atrocities at the hands of armed conflict in Kashmir. The study has randomly selected 200 respondents who had faced any traumatic incident/incidents in their lives because of armed conflict and hence analyzes their psychological impact by collecting information through interview schedule.