FAMILY BURDEN AMONG LONG TERM PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

Subjective and objective burdens of the carers of schizophrenic and bipolar affective disorder patients were assessed. Burden was found to be higher among the carers of schizophrenic, young, male, low income and unemployed patients. This study shows a more comprehensive way of assessing family burde...

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Autores principales: Roychaudhuri, J., Mondal, D., Boral, A., Bhattacharya, D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2971471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743720
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Sumario:Subjective and objective burdens of the carers of schizophrenic and bipolar affective disorder patients were assessed. Burden was found to be higher among the carers of schizophrenic, young, male, low income and unemployed patients. This study shows a more comprehensive way of assessing family burden with due emphasis on positive mental health and coping resources of the carers.

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