Is chewing khat associated with mental health disorders? A scoping review of the content and quality of the current evidence base

Table 3 Mental health disorders associated with khat chewing (n = 108)

Mental disorders and related conditions	Frequency	Percent
Depression, anxiety, stress	17	15.7
Non-specific (general) psychological distress	29	26.9
Insomnia	1	0.9
Mood status	4	3.7
Neurocognitive disorder	8	7.4
Psychopathy	2	1.8
Psychosis	17	15.7
Social phobia	1	0.9
Substance use disorder	16	14.9
Suicidal ideation	5	4.6
Other conditions related to mental health*	8	7.4
Total	108	100.0

*Other conditions related to mental health present in the evidence base include adherence and response to antipsychotic medication (n = 2, 1.9%), mental disorder induced suicide (n = 1, 0.9%), quality of life-mental health component (n = 4, 3.7%) and readmission for mental disorder treatment (n = 1, 0.9%)

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