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| Title |
Sitting with others: mental health self-help groups in northern Ghana
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1752-4458-6-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alex Cohen, Shoba Raja, Chris Underhill, Badimak Peter Yaro, Adam Yahaya Dokurugu, Mary De Silva, Vikram Patel |
| Abstract |
Over the past four decades, there has been increasing interest in Self-Help Groups, by mental health services users and caregivers, alike. Research in high-income countries suggests that participation in SHGs is associated with decreased use of inpatient facilities, improved social functioning among service users, and decreased caregiver burden. The formation of SHGs has become an important component of mental health programmes operated by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in low-income countries. However, there has been relatively little research examining the benefits of SHGs in this context. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 44% |
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 106 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 103 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Researcher | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 26% |
| Unknown | 21 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 20 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 24 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 October 2020.
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#4,535,152
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#265
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#28,750
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#2
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