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Prevalence of khat chewers among primary health clinic attenders in Kenya
Author(s) -
Omolo O. E.,
Dhadphale M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02795.x
Subject(s) - khat , medicine , family medicine , traditional medicine , psychiatry , environmental health
ABSTRACT— In a rural district hospital in Kenya, the authors screened 100 randomly selected outpatients for khat (miraa) chewing. A surprisingly high number of them admitted chewing khat leaves. The implications of this finding and the controversy about whether or not khat is a harmful drug are discussed.