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Tormented by violence, Kashmir suffering from scars unseen
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Region's 'national burden of stress,' along with stigma of mental illness, fuels
epidemic of suicide

By Laurie Goering
Tribune correspondent

June 27 2008, 3:33 PM CDT

SRINAGAR, India — Ever since he saw his handicapped son shot dead by
soldiers in the street outside his home, Rehmatullah Bhat has not been able to
sleep.

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