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| Title |
Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population – results of a cross-sectional survey
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, July 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-8-56 |
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| Authors |
Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sarah Tehseen, Saqib A Gowani, Sana Waqar, Amina Zubair, Wajeeha Yousaf, Akbar J Zubairi, Haider Naqvi |
| Abstract |
There is a cultural variability around the perception of what causes the syndrome of schizophrenia. Generally patients with schizophrenia are considered dangerous. They are isolated and treatment is delayed. Studies have shown favorable prognosis with good family and social support, early diagnosis and management. Duration of untreated psychosis is a bad prognostic indicator. We aimed to determine the perceptions regarding the etiology of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
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 122 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 120 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 15% |
| Researcher | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 11% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 25 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 43 | 35% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 13% |
| Unspecified | 12 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 28 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. 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 15 January 2023.
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#2,736,457
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Outputs from BMC Psychiatry
#1,024
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#6,749
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychiatry
#7
of 18 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,925,854 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 88th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,005 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 79% of its peers.
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