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. 2022 Mar 24;28:1661. doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1661

TABLE 3.

Participants’ responses with regard to cause of suffering.

Options MDD Case of Betty(n = 350)
Schizophrenia Case of Muzzy (n = 353)
GAD Case of Lucy(n = 367)
n % n % n %
Stress 271 77.4 81 22.9 253 68.1
Punishment from God/ancestors/bewitchment 9 2.6 54 15.3 15 4.2
Brain/genetic/psychological 64 18.3 210 59.5 81 22.7
None of the above 6 1.7 8 2.3 18 5
I don’t know 0 0 0 0 0 0

MDD, major depressive disorder; GAD, generalised anxiety disorder.