Shrestha, Mina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8497-8051
Heylen, Elsa
Sigdel, Kripa
Dhimal, Meghnath
Nepal, Prajwol
Pant, Prakash
Jha, Rajesh Kumar
Rimal, Rajiv
Khatri, Rekha
Joshi, Saugat
Sharma, Shuvam
Shrestha, Srijana
Poudel, Sumitra
Mainali, Sunita
Sapkota, Sabitri
Acharya, Bibhav
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH135376)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 12 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of California San Francisco [23–40311] and the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council [120–2024].We will obtain written informed consents from all participants for their participation in the study.
: Not applicable. We will not include any details, images, or videos relating to an individual person for the publication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.