Table 3.

Background characteristics

	Number (%) n = 14
Gender: male	10 (71%)
Age: mean (range)	35.5 (23–48)
21–30	4 (28.5%)
31–40	6 (43%)
41–50	4 (28.5%)
Ethnicity
Dutch	6 (43%)
Surinamese	4 (28.5%)
African	3 (21.5%)
Asian	1 (7%)
Native language is Dutch
Yes	9
No	5
Highest education
primary education or less	2 (14%)
secondary education	10 (71%)
tertiary/further education	2 (14%)
Duration of illness: mean in years (range)	6,9 (1–23)
Number of prior psychiatric admissions: mean (range)	3,4 (0–8)
Diagnosis (subtype schizophrenia, DSM-IV)
disorganized type	2
paranoid type	6
residual type	1
undifferentiated type	1
schizoaffective disorder	4