Chandrakant Lahariya|Shyam Singhal|Saurabh Gupta|A. K. Mishra
Pathway of care among psychiatric patients attending a mental health institution in central India
Gajara Raja Medical College|Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya|Gajara Raja Medical College|Gajara Raja Medical College|Gajara Raja Medical College
limited proportion patients psychiatric disorders attend healthcare facilities condition becomes severe treatment unqualified medical practitioners faith healers common practice attributable delay proper treatmenta crosssectional study conducted understand pathway care adopted psychiatric patients relationship sociodemographic determinants study population subjects selected urban specialty psychiatric hospitals interviewed using pretested semistructured interview schedule data analyzed using spss v100 software chi square test test kruskall wallis test used neededa total 295 patients 203 males included study majority patients 45 suffering bipolar affective disorders 45 followed schizophrenia 36 majority 203 68 rural area 94 patients illiterate mean distance traveled treatment 249 km majority 69 first contacted faith healers qualified psychiatrist first contacted person 92 patientsa large proportion psychiatric patients attend health facility due lack awareness treatment services distance due fear stigma associated treatment psychiatric patients first seek help various sources prior attending psychiatric health facility pathway adopted patients need kept mind time preparation mental health program