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Pathways to mental healthcare in high-income and low-income countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

E. A. Sorketti ,
N. Z. Zuraida  and
M. H. Habil
E. A. Sorketti
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, email [email protected]
N. Z. Zuraida
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
M. H. Habil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Understanding the way in which people seek care for mental disorders is important for planning services, training and referral mechanisms. Pathways to care fall broadly into three categories: via primary care physicians; via native healers; and via patient choice (patients can have direct access to mental health professionals). The pattern and nature of access to service in low-income countries are different from those in high-income countries. In many societies, deep-seated cultural beliefs on the part of patients and families about the causes of mental disorders are a major barrier to the receipt of modern psychiatric care.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 2013 , pp. 45 - 47
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