[
    {
        "id": "osp-1548",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Clinical and Demographic Profile of Attendees at Baghdad’s Walk-in Psychiatric Clinic",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Younis",
                "given": "Maha S."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Noaimi",
                "given": "Ahmed S."
            },
            {
                "family": "Zaidan",
                "given": "Ziad AJ."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Rubayie",
                "given": "Abass F."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Farsi",
                "given": "Yahya"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Zakwani",
                "given": "Ibrahim"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Adawi",
                "given": "Samir"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/clinical-and-demographic-profile-of-attendees-at-baghdads-walk-in-psychiatric-clinic",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2013
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "DOI": "10.5001/omj.2013.104",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "Objective: Few studies have examined clinical and demographic profile of attendees of a walk-in psychiatric clinic in countries ravaged by wars. The aim of this study is to quantify the characteristics of attendees of an open walk-in psychiatric clinic in a general hospital in Baghdad and the suburb towns of Iraq in the year 2010. Methods: As part of a retrospective survey, information on specific variables (socio-demographic background, clinical characteristics and attendance rate) were sought from medical records in the year 2010 (January to December). Results: Despite the shortcomings expected from a country coming out of the ravage of war, the survey included 2,979 attendees (1,864 [63%] males and 1,115 [37%] females) of a walk-in psychiatric clinic who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The profile of attendees indicated that a majority of the cohort was self-referred with a predominance of employed males, aged 19 to 49 years, residing in Baghdad City. Depression and psychosis were the most common diagnosis given. Conclusion: The observed patterns are discussed within the available literature relevant to consultation liaison psychiatry, and specific to situations in Iraq and Arab/Islamic cultural patterning."
    }
]