tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital based study"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital based study | Girma and Tesfaye BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 138 http 1471 -244X 11 138 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia a hospital based study Eshetu Girma1 and Markos Tesfaye2t Abstract Background Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of mental health disorders is important because early intervention is critical to restoring the mental as well as the physical and the social health of an individual. This study sought to investigate patterns of treatment seeking behavior and associated factors for mental illness. Methods A quantitative institution-based cross sectional study was conducted among 384 psychiatric patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital JUSH located in Jimma Ethiopia from March to April 2010. Data was collected using a pretested WHO encounter format by trained psychiatric nurses. Data was analyzed using SPSS . Result Major depression disorder 186 schizophrenia 55 and other psychotic disorders 47 were the most common diagnoses given to the respondents. The median duration of symptoms of mental illness before contact to modern mental health service was weeks. The main sources of information for the help sought by the patients were found to be family 126 and other patients 75 . Over a third of the patients 135 came directly to JUSH. Half of the patients sought traditional treatment from either a religious healer 116 or an herbalist 77 before they came to the hospital. The most common explanations given for the cause of the mental illness were spiritual possession 198 and evil eye 61 whereas 73 of the respondents said they did not know the cause of mental illnesses. Nearly all of the respondents 379 believed that mental illness can be cured with modern treatment. Individuals who presented with abdominal pain and headache were more likely to seek care earlier. Being in the age .