Explanatory Models of Illness, Help Seeking Behaviours and Related Factors in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study from Two Different Provinces of Turkey
Autor: | Ersin Hatice Karslıoğlu, İbrahim Özer, Ali Çayköylü, Hayriye Dilek Yalvaç, Zeynep Kotan, Elif Aktan Mutlu |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
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Male Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Turkey medicine.medical_treatment Health Behavior Models Psychological Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Help-Seeking Behavior 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Psychoeducation medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Psychiatry Related factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Help-seeking 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Capital city Female Health behavior Psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Community Mental Health Journal. 53:951-957 |
ISSN: | 1573-2789 0010-3853 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10597-016-0074-7 |
Popis: | This study aims to identify the help seeking behaviours of patients from two geographically distinct provinces of Turkey. A questionnaire about sociodemographic characteristics and help seeking ways was applied to 49 schizophrenia patients from Van, 99 from Ankara. The ratio of patients seeking psychiatric help at the beginning of their illness was 76% in Ankara, the capital city, in contrast to 54% in Van (p = 0.01). Twenty-two percent of patients from Ankara and 69% from Van reported that non-psychiatric help seeking was the choice of their families (p |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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