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| Title |
Perceived causes of severe mental disturbance and preferred interventions by the Borana semi-nomadic population in southern Ethiopia: a qualitative study
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-12-79 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Solomon Teferra, Teshome Shibre |
| Abstract |
Culture affects the way people conceptualize causes of severe mental disturbance which may lead to a variation in the preferred intervention methods. There is a seemingly dichotomous belief regarding what causes severe mental disturbance: people living in western countries tend to focus mainly on biological and psychosocial risk factors; whereas, in non-western countries the focus is mainly on supernatural and religious factors. These belief systems about causation potentially dictate the type of intervention preferred. Studying such belief systems in any society is expected to help in planning and implementation of appropriate mental health services. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Egypt | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 165 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 162 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 10% |
| Researcher | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 27 | 16% |
| Unknown | 45 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 35 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 47 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 19 January 2013.
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#6,853,504
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Outputs from BMC Psychiatry
#2,280
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#49,024
of 164,330 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychiatry
#37
of 73 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 4,634 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 50% of its peers.
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