Ilyas Mirza, Rana Hassan, Haroon Chaudhary, Rachel Jenkins.
Eliciting explanatory models of common mental disorders using the short explanatory model interview (semi) Urdu adaptation - a pilot study.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;56(10):461-2.

The purpose of this pilot study was to describe the presenting symptoms and its explanation from the patients` perspective of GHQ (General Health Questionnaire) from SEMI (Short Explanatory Model Interview). Though there was no consistency in the presenting symptoms of GHQ positive cases on presentation to a general practitioner, all described their problems as intense, less than 2 years on onset and on reflection located its origins in their social worlds. These findings have implications in terms of providing preliminary data for a larger study, perhaps looking at development of psychosocial interventions for treatment of mental distress in our local context as it seems to have its origins in their social worlds.

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