Explanatory Models and Help-Seeking Behavior: Pathways to Psychiatric Care Among Patients Admitted for Depression in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorOkello, Elialilia S.
dc.contributor.authorNeema, Stella
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T11:12:47Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T11:12:47Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractIn this article, the authors present findings from a qualitative study exploring how people diagnosed with depression conceptualize their condition and how their conceptualization shaped their efforts to seek help. They used an interview guide based on an explanatory model framework for data collection. Four major themes emerged from the analysis: (a) somatization, social meaning of illness, and help seeking; (b) meaning and perceived consequences of illness; (c) How did I get here? Making sense of psychiatric admission; and (d) variations in the causal attribution and the role of significant others in help seeking. Somatization of emotional problems, variations in causal attribution between patients and their significant others, the nature of the available health care system, and burden of infectious disease complicate access to care. These findings suggest the need to raise the awareness of primary care providers on how to recognize and help people with depression appropriately in this setting.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOkello, E. S., & Neema, S. (2007). Explanatory models and help-seeking behavior: pathways to psychiatric care among patients admitted for depression in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Qualitative health research, 17(1), 14-25. 10.1177/1049732306296433en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1177/1049732306296433
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/2953
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherQualitative health researchen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectExplanatory modelen_US
dc.subjectPathway to careen_US
dc.subjectHelp seekingen_US
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.titleExplanatory Models and Help-Seeking Behavior: Pathways to Psychiatric Care Among Patients Admitted for Depression in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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