Typology of persons with severe mental disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Socio-demographic, socio-economic and clinical variables (N = 352)

Categories	Sub-categories	Variables		n	%
Socio-demographic variables	Age categories	20-29 years old		37	10.5
		30-39 years old		51	14.5
		40-49 years old		103	29.3
		50-59 years old		121	34.4
		60-70 years old		40	11.4
	Gender	Men		186	52.8
	Gender	Women		166	47.2
	Spoken language	French		225	63.9
		English		73	20.7
		French/English		8	2.3
		Others		46	13.1
	Civil status	Single/Never married		251	71.3
		Partnered /Married/Remarried		46	13.1
		Separated /Divorced/Widowed		55	15.6
Socio-economic variables	Source of income	Welfare		234	66.5
	Source of income	Other sources		118	33.5
	Education	Primary school		39	11.1
		Secondary school		190	54.0
		College		72	20.5
		University		51	14.5
	Type of housing	Apartment		212	60.2
		Intermediary resource		57	16.2
		Foster home		52	14.8
		Temporary housing		14	4.0
		Supervised housing		16	4.5
		Homeless		1	0.3
Clinical variables	Mental health disorders	Schizophrenia		134	38.1
		Mood disorders		142	40.3
		Schizophrenia spectrum disorders		45	12.8
		Delusion and other psychotic disorders		33	9.4
		Anxiety disorders		41	11.6
		Dependencies	Alcohol	13	3.7
			Drug	22	6.3
			Multiple	41	11.6
		Personality disorders		97	27.6
		Mild mental retardation		45	12.8
		History of suicide attempts		112	31.8

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