One year prevalence of psychotic disorders among first treatment contact patients at the National Psychiatric Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda.

Emmanuel Kiiza MwesigaNoeline NakasujjaJuliet NakkuAnnet NanyongaJoy Louise GumikirizaPaul BangiranaDickens AkenaSeggane Musisi

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Among first treatment contact patients in Uganda, there is a large burden of psychotic disorders. The burden was more prevalent among females as well as people of Pentecostal faith who seemed to use their church for faith-based healing. Incidence studies are warranted to determine if this phenomenon is replicated at illness onset.

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