Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population - Results of a cross-sectional survey

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^a   Gowani, Saqib A ^a   Waqar, Sana ^a   Zubair, Amina ^a   Yousaf, Wajeeha ^a   Zubairi, Akbar J ^a   Naqvi, Haider ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SUPERSTITION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 48449105367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-56     Document Type: Article

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