Objective: To assess the association of socio-demographic factors with the first contact of
patients and the modes of referral to a private tertiary care psychiatric facility in Islamabad …

Background: In India, due to various factors, mentally ill often turn to a variety of carers for
treatment. It results in a longer duration of untreated illness (DUI) with poor long term …

Help seeking behaviour of patients and their families suffering from psychiatric illnesses is
influenced by many socio-demographic factors and cultural beliefs. Due to lack of …

Korsakoff Syndrome is a chronic memory disorder caused by severe deficiency of thiamine.
It is most commonly caused by alcohol misuse. Alcoholic Korsakoff patients have their most …

Introduction: Duration of untreated psychiatric illness is an important component of the final
pathway to care for patients. Longer the duration of untreated illness, poorer is the …

Objective: To identify pathways to care for people with mental health problems coming to
psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital Study Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional …