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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.