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- Title
MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY: A CASE VIGNETTES STUDY FROM LAHORE, PAKISTAN.
- Authors
AYUB, MUHAMMAD; NASAR, AMINA; KHAN, M. NASAR SAYEED; SAEED, KHALID; KHALID, MAHWISH; HASSAN, TARIQ; NAEEM, FAROOQ
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE To examine mental health literacy of six psychiatric disorders in a convenient samplein Lahore. STUDY DESIGN Exploratory study PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was done in the medical outpatient department of a public sector hospital in Lahore. The data collection was done between April 2015 to December 2015. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We selected a convenient sample of 72 people from an outpatient department of a hospital in Lahore. RESULTS People have better knowledge about depression than other conditions. CONCLUSION This is a small study and results should be interpreted cautiously. It is feasible to conduct case vignettes studies for multiple disorders and they provide rich data and opportunity for comparison of knowledge for different disorders.
- Subjects
MENTAL health; HEALTH literacy; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 4, p13
- ISSN
1726-8710
- Publication type
Article