Aboud, Frances (PhD)Tafari, Solomon2022-06-142023-11-052022-06-142023-11-051999-05http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/320122000 subjects from two woredas of a rural sect i on of Ethiopia were interviewed to determine how many were suffering from mental disorder and what determinants are related to the disorder. A WHO Self-Reporting Questionnaire was used to assess mental illness. The questionnaire has been used before in Ethiopia and measures neurotic, psychotic, and psychosomatic illness in terms of s ymptoms. 344 cases were found, indicating an overall frequency of 17.2%. The great majority of cases were suffering from neurotic and psychosomatic illnesses. Psychiatric morbidity was higher in women, in divorced/separated/widowed groups, and in the age group 35 - 44. However, the level of social stress experienced in the past year was most predictive of mental illness; the higher a person 's stress level, the higher the mental symptom score. Family history of mental illness was the second best predictor.enDeterminants of Mental Illness in A Rural EthiopiaThesis