Perceptions of the causes of schizophrenia and associated factors by the Holy Trinity Theological College students in Ethiopia

Table 3 Frequency of perceived cause of schizophrenia by Holy Trinity theological college students Addis Ababa 2016

Variable	Schizophrenia
	Frequency	Percentage
Name
Non specific psychi/psycho dx	318	77.8
Unable to say	55	13.4
Supernatural/spiritual	18	4.4
Specific psychi/psycho dx	16	3.9
Non specific physiology dx	1	0.2
Specific physiological dx	1	0.2
Cause
Psychosocial	313	76.3
Supernatural/spiritual	90	16.9
Biological	61	14.9
Severity
Severe but not fatal	278	68.2
Severe and fatal	91	22.2
Moderate	32	7.8
Mild	8	2.0
Course of illness
Chronic	362	88.5
Acute	46	11.2
Life long	1	0.02
Treatment
Yes	409	100.
No	0
Treatment option
Psychosocial	280	68.5
Spiritual/traditional	194	47.4
Biological	164	40.1
Treatment outcome
Treatable	408	99.8
Not treatable	1	0.2
Consequence
Madness	278	66.7
Family disintegration	142	34.7
Death	77	18.8
Loosing job	32	7.8

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