Table 2. Percentage of patients stating at least one causal belief in that category (n = 678).

Category	Subcategory	%a	N
Problems at work		46.5	315
	Problems with working conditions	15.5	105
	Interpersonal problems at work	10.0	68
	Financial problems / uncertainties	8.6	58
	Unspecified	19.5	132
Problems in social environment		46.2	313
	General family problems	19.2	130
	Illness of close relatives	8.7	59
	Relationship problems	8.6	58
	Isolation and lack of appreciation	6.6	45
	Divorces	4.4	30
	Unspecified	6.8	46
Self/internal states		34.8	236
	High demands on themselves and problems to maintain the necessary personal distance	13.3	90
	Depressive feelings and thoughts	10.5	71
	Anxiety	6.8	46
	Sleeping problems	2.8	19
	Use of drugs	1.0	7
	Unspecified	7.7	52
Unspecific stress and overload		23.6	160
Negative life events		28.5	193
	Bereavement	13.7	93
	Experience of abuse	9.4	64
	Accidents/war	3.7	25
	Unspecified	5.9	40
Childhood, youth, parental home		17.4	118
Physical complaints and illnesses		17.4	118
Predisposition		2.1	14
Social situation		1.3	9
Insufficient treatment		0.7	5
Fate		0.3	2
Lack of causal beliefs		1.2	8
Not codeable		1.6	11

^aPercentage of patients, who mentioned at least one cause referring to this category