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FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.577103
Keywords
alternative medicine; psychological disorder; psychopharmacology; survey; Saudi participants
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- Knowledge Economy & Technology Transfer Center, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [004/2020]
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The study revealed that most participants believed in both positive and negative outcomes of psychotropic medication, attributing psychological disorders mainly to the loss of loved ones, and considering psychic sessions as a possible treatment. However, only a minority considered medicinal and aromatic plants as a possible treatment for psychological disorders. Participants trust physicians as the most reliable source of information on alternative and complementary medicine.
Background: This study was designed to investigate Saudis' attitudes toward mental distress and psychotropic medication, attribution of causes, expected side effects, and to analyze participants' expectations toward alternative or complementary medicine using aromatic and medicinal plants, through a survey. Method: The study included 674 participants (citizens and residents in Saudi Arabia) who were randomly contacted via email and social media and gave their consent to complete a questionnaire dealing with 39 items that can be clustered in six parts. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square for cross-tabulation were generated using SPSS. Results: Among the 664 participants, 73.4% believed that there are some positive and negative outcomes of psychotropic medication. Participants (72.0%) think that the most important reason leading to psychological disorders is mainly due to the loss of a relative or beloved person, and 73.9% considered psychic session as one of the possible treatments of psychological disorders. Surprisingly, only 18.8% of the participants agreed that medicinal and aromatic plants could be a possible treatment of the psychological disorder. Participants (82%) consider that physicians are the most trustful and preferred source of information about alternative and complementary medicine.
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