Help-seeking intention and associated factors towards mental illness among residents of Mertule Mariam town, East Gojam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a mixed-method study

Table 3 Attitude, knowledge and perception to mental illness among residents of Mertule Mariam town, East Gojam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017

Variable	Categories		Frequency	Percent
Knowledge of mental illness	Good		502	53.0
Knowledge of mental illness	Poor		445	47.0
Perceived severity of MI	Mild		24	2.5
	Moderate		66	7.0
	Severe		307	32.4
	Very severe		550	58.1
Cause of MI	Psychosocial factor		677	71.5
	Nerve damage		13	1.4
	Poverty		22	2.3
	Substance use		102	10.8
	Evil spirit possession		59	6.2
	God’s punishment		71	7.5
MI needs treatment	Yes		773	81.6
MI needs treatment	No		174	18.4
Place of treatment	Hospital		614	64.7
	Holy water		207	21.9
	Holy water and hospital		101	10.7
	Sorcerer		24	2.5
Attitude towards MI	Authoritarianism	Less	447	47.2
	Authoritarianism	More	500	52.8
	Benevolence	Less	495	52.3
	Benevolence	More	452	47.7
	Social restrictiveness	Less	580	61.2
	Social restrictiveness	More	367	38.8
	Community MI Ideology	Less	386	40.8
	Community MI Ideology	More	561	59.2

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