Table 5 Caregivers’ rating of causes and risk factors as “very likely” and “likely”
Causes and risk factors | Schizophrenia (n = 200) | Depression (n = 202) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Virus of infection | 30 | (15.0) | 32 | (15.8) |
Allergy | 35 | (17.5) | 45 | (22.3) |
Daily problems | 163 | (81.5) | 160 | (79.2) |
Work or financial problems | 164 | (82.0) | 162 | (80.2) |
Death of someone close** | 100 | (50.0) | 135 | (66.8) |
Recently traumatic event | 129 | (64.5) | 146 | (72.3) |
Problems from childhood | 102 | (51.0) | 104 | (51.5) |
Inherited or genetic | 96 | (48.0) | 103 | (51.0) |
Chemical imbalance in the brain | 86 | (43.0) | 105 | (52.0) |
Nervous person | 119 | (59.5) | 123 | (60.9) |
Weakness of character | 145 | (72.5) | 138 | (68.3) |