Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Patient no.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Status	I/P	I/P	comm.	comm.	comm.	comm.
Gender	male	female	female	female	male	male
Age	30	24	42	20	55	30
Duration of illness	7 yrs	2 yrs	13 yrs	2 yrs	38 yrs	10 yrs
No. of episodes	5	2	3	2	i/n	4
Employment	unemp.	unemp.	seasonal	voluntary	unemp.	unemp.
Accommodation	rented	rented	owner	parents home	partners home	parents home
Living status	alone	alone	spouse	family	partner	parents
Education	secondary	1st degree	1st degree	vocational	vocational	1st degree

I/P = inpatient, comm. = living in the community, i/n = incomplete notes, unemp. = unemployed.