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Table 2 Reinforcing factors for seeking mental health care at JUSH psychiatry department, Ethiopia, 2010

From: Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital based study

Variable

Frequency

Percent

who insisted/informed to visit (N = 384)

No one

145

37.8

Family

126

32.8

Former patient

75

19.5

Friend

24

6.2

Previous provider

22

5.7

Relative

14

3.6

Neighbor

18

4.7

Religious leader

1

0.3

Other people

4

1.0

  1. Total > 384 due to multiple response