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posted on 2025-10-11, 11:30authored byR Yasmeen
<p dir="ltr">This PRISMA-guided systematic literature review investigates the invisibility of <b>Jammūvīs (Azad Kashmiris)</b> within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), focusing on mental health outcomes, cultural barriers, and postcolonial erasure. Despite being one of the largest South Asian diasporic communities in Britain, Jammūvīs remain unrecognised in ethnicity coding, policy discourse, and service data. The review synthesises peer-reviewed and grey literature to examine prevalence, access, and treatment pathways for depression, PTSD, and psychosis among the community. Applying postcolonial and transcultural frameworks (Bhabha, 1994; Yehuda, 2016), it highlights how systemic misclassification and the conflation of Jammūvīs with “Pakistanis” obscure specific trauma histories linked to displacement from Jammu (Occupied by Pakistan). The review concludes that invisibility within the NHS constitutes structural neglect, and recommends the formal recognition of Jammūvī identity in health datasets and service design to achieve genuine equity in mental healthcare.</p>