TABLE 4.

The role of traditional beliefs in mental health.

Statement	Agree (n)	%	Neutral (n)	%	Disagree (n)	%
Evil spirits cause mental illness	160	63.24	45	17.79	48	18.97
Supernatural curses can cause mental illnesses	154	60.87	54	21.34	45	17.79
Ancestral influences as a result of past sins can cause mental illnesses	106	41.91	77	30.38	70	27.71
The head of the household should make decisions regarding mental health	75	29.74	60	23.72	118	46.64
Mentally ill people should be hidden	92	36.50	79	31.06	82	32.44
Mentally ill people should be killed	26	10.28	64	25.51	16	64.21
Mentally ill people should first be treated in the ‘traditional’ way	113	44.61	60	23.72	80	31.77
Traditionalists are better at treating mentally ill people than western doctors	80	31.77	94	37.14	79	31.09
Traditional medicine is more effective in treating mental illnesses than modern medicine	87	34.47	91	35.79	75	29.74
Tradition demands that I should not associate myself with mentally ill people	91	35.79	94	37.17	68	27.04
Regarding mental health, traditionalists and western doctors do not do the same job, and therefore, no need for collaboration	120	47.31	89	35.12	44	17.57