Kathmandu, Feb. 11 -- run hospitals will soon begin screening for mental health conditions in children and adolescents, with the Ministry of Health and Population launching a five-day training programme for psychiatrists and psychologists to operate designated clinics.

The move comes amid reports that a growing number of children and adolescents suffering from various mental health conditions are deprived of the services.

"Only two hospitals-the Kanti Children's Hospital and the Nepal Mental Hospital-have been providing the child and adolescent mental health service at present," said Dr Pomawati Thapa, chief of the Non-communicable Disease and Mental Health Section of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division. "After the training, h...