The Pathways to the First Contact with Mental Health Services among Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria

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								Pathway to care</td><td align="center" colspan="3">Panss   score</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Positive symptom scale</td><td align="center">Negative symptom scale</td><td align="center">General psychopathology scale</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Spiritual</td><td align="center">23.56 ± 7.67</td><td align="center">14.11 ± 9.04</td><td align="center">26.62 ± 9.23</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Traditional</td><td align="center">20.38 ± 9.00</td><td align="center">15.20 ± 9.68</td><td align="center">28.88 ± 10.73</td></tr><tr><td align="left">GP</td><td align="center">28.28 ± 5.94</td><td align="center">12.63 ± 4.65</td><td align="center">29.00 ± 6.75</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Trado-spiritual</td><td align="center">24.09 ± 7.27</td><td align="center">14.50 ± 10.35</td><td align="center">25.17 ± 9.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Psychiatrist</td><td align="center">26.79 ± 8.18</td><td align="center">12.59 ± 8.34</td><td align="center">30.53 ± 9.24</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The PANSS score of participants according to their specific pathways to care.

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Table 4: The Pathways to the First Contact with Mental Health Services among Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria 