Pathways to Care: Duration of Untreated Psychosis from Karachi, Pakistan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 4; no. 10; p. e7409
• Main Authors: Naqvi, Haider A., Hussain, Sajjad, Zaman, Muhammad, Islam, Mohammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.10.2009; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Ambulatory care; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Consultation; Delay; Developing countries; Deviation; Diagnosis; Drugs; Emergency medical care; Emotional behavior; Ethics; Faith healing; Family physicians; Female; Females; Health care; Health services; Hospitals; Humans; LDCs; Male; Males; Medical records; Medical referrals; Medical treatment; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Mental health care; Mental Health Services - organization & administration; Mental Health/Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses; Pakistan; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Patient Admission; Patients; Physicians; Psychiatrists; Psychosis; Public Health and Epidemiology/Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenia - therapy; Schizophrenic Psychology; Statistical analysis; Statistical tests; Studies; Time Factors; Topography; Pakistan; Karachi Pakistan

Substantial amount of time is lost before initiation of treatment in Schizophrenia. The delay in treatment is labelled as Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP). Most of these estimates come from western countries, where health systems are relatively better developed. There is dearth of information o...