Pakistan center to help traumatized journalists, but stigma attached

Erum Irshad talks to her colleague near a therapy room at the Competence and Trauma Centre for Journalists inside a university's psychology department in PeshawarBy Katharine Houreld and Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Death threats, bombings and getting attacked is part of the job for many Pakistani journalists but they say one of the biggest barriers to seeking counseling to help cope is the stigma that they need it – and others in the business talking about it. The nuclear-armed nation is plagued by a Taliban insurgency, deadly criminal gangs, extrajudicial executions and rising sectarian killings. …

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