| Title |
Offering Mental Health Services in a Conflict Affected Region of Pakistan: Who Comes, and Why?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0097939 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Safieh Shah, Rafael Van den Bergh, Benedicte Van Bellinghen, Nathalie Severy, Sana Sadiq, Sher Ali Afridi, Asma Akhtar, Jacob Maïkére, Catherine Van Overloop, Saeed-ur-Rehman, Tahir Bashir-ud-Din Khilji, Saleem-ur-Rehman, Johan van Griensven, Serge Schneider, Philippe Bosman, Erwin Lloyd D. Guillergan, Francesca Dazzi, Rony Zachariah |
| Abstract |
North West Pakistan is an area ravaged by conflict and population displacement for over three decades. Recently, drone attacks and military operations have aggravated underlying mental disorders, while access to care is limited. Among patients attending a mental health clinic integrated in district hospital conducted by psychologists; we describe service utilization, patient characteristics, presenting complaints, morbidity patterns, and follow-up details. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 118 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 117 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 25 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 20% |
| Psychology | 16 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 35 | 30% |