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Table 2 Patterns of help-seeking behavior of suspected psychotic individuals (“cases”) described by participants (n=32)

From: Psychosis and help-seeking behavior in rural KwaZulu Natal: unearthing local insights

Individual (“Case”) ID number

1st step

2nd step

3rd step

4th step

5th step

3

CCG

Medical (General hospital)

Social worker

  

25

CCG

Medical (Clinic)

   

1

CCG

Medical (Mobile clinic)

   

18

Church

    

21

Medical (Clinic)

Medical (Psychiatric hospital)

   

15

Medical (Clinic)

Tent church

Home cultural ritual

Medical (Psychiatric hospital)

 

13

Medical (Clinic)

Medical (Hospital—unspecified)

Medical (Clinic)

  

20, 26

Medical (Clinic)

    

30

Trad healer (Faith healer)

Medical (Hospital—unspecified)

Trad healer (Faith healer)

  

29

Trad healer (Faith healer)

    

4

Medical (General hospital)

CCG

Medical (Clinic)

  

12

Home

Traditional healer

   

2

Home prayer

Trad healer (Sangomaa)

   

11, 27, 31

Trad healer (Inyangab)

    

28

Local traditional leader

Unspecified location for pension grant

   

14

Police

Medical (Clinic)

   

24

Police

Medical (Psychiatric Hospital)

Medical (General hospital)

  

32

Medical (Psychiatric hospital)

Medical (Other psychiatric hospital)

Medical (General hospital)

Trad healer (Sangomaa)

Trad healer (Inyangab)

19

Religious leader

    

6

Religious leader’s wife

    

7

Trad healer (Sangomaa)

Home cultural ritual

Sangomaa

  

10

Trad healer (Sangomaa and Inyangab)

Medical (General hospital)

   

16, 22, 23

Trad healer (Sangomaa)

    

8

School

Remedial specialist teacher

Home cultural ritual

  

17

Traditional healer

Home cultural ritual

   

5

Traditional healer

    

9

Witchdoctor

Medical (General hospital)

   
  1. CCG community care giver
  2. aSangoma—traditional healer who is a diviner
  3. bInyanga—traditional healer who is an herbalist