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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among visitors to faith healers in Saudi Arabia
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Objective: We investigated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among visitors to Faith Healers (FHs) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We also studied the sociodemographic profiles for these visitors, in addition to their past psychiatric history, reason(s) for seeking FH help, and past and current treatment experience with FHs.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among the visitors (n=321) to a number of faith healing settings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia using a specially designed questionnaire and validated Arabic version of The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.Results: Most of the participants were young adults (35.1
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Metadata
- Authors
- Alosaimi, F. D., Alshehri, Y., Alfraih, I., Alghamdi, A., Aldahash, S., Alkhuzayem, H., & Albeeeshi, H.
- Affiliations
- King Saud University (SA)
- Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SA)
- Venue
- Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
- Publisher
- Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
- Published
- 2014-08-07
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1077-82
- ISSN
- 1681-715X (ISSN-L)
- 1682-024X
- PMC
- PMC4163236
- OpenAlex
- W2047654008
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 5.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- King Saud University
- Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Keywords
- religious healing, mental illness, prevalence, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, psychosis, bipolar disorder, unmet mental health needs, sociodemographic factors, Riyadh
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