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August 20, 2025Frontiers in PsychiatryOpen Access

Cultural narratives, social norms, and psychological stigma: a study of mental health help-seeking behavior in Peshawar, Pakistan

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UDUmar DarazŠBŠtefan BojnecYKYounas Khan

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Overview

Cross-sectional survey shows stigma reduces mental health help-seeking by 26% in Peshawar, indicating cultural narratives can improve access.

Key Points

  • Help-seeking behavior improves with positive cultural narratives, explaining 42% of variance in utilization.
  • Stigma negatively impacts help-seeking, decreasing likelihood by 26% for each unit increase in stigma.
  • Cross-sectional survey employed included 400 adults in Peshawar using validated stigma and social norms scales.
  • Findings suggest addressing stigma and fostering supportive cultural frameworks can enhance access to mental health services.

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Daraz et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af409acf1dd9ea359ec83ehttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1560460
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