Table 3 Most frequent six signs of distress.
Sign of distress | Recovered (n = 75) | Non-recovered (n = 75) |
|---|---|---|
Feeling or looked sad and unhappy; discouraged; felt disappointed | 35 (47%) | 34 (45%) |
Stays indoors or isolates self; disconnects from people, stops going to public gatherings including mosque or church | 37 (49%) | 24 (32%) |
Talking to self and/or inanimate objects (e.g. trees); sings, shouts or laughs to self | 28 (37%) | 32 (43%) |
Appears dirty or untidy (including urinating or defecating on self); may eat dirty food from street or dustbin; picks up dirty things | 24 (32%) | 33 (44%) |
Thoughts of/ attempts suicide (e.g. drinking poison); physically harms self (e.g. pinches skin, pulls hair) | 31 (41%) | 24 (32%) |
Violent or aggressive to people (stoning, fighting, beating wife, taking people’s food); has thoughts of harming or killing others (e.g. wife); destroys things (or wants to) | 30 (40%) | 18 (24%) |
