The burden of schizophrenia on caregivers: a review

AG Awad, LNP Voruganti - Pharmacoeconomics, 2008 - Springer
Schizophrenia is a disabling, chronic psychiatric disorder that poses numerous challenges
in its management and consequences. It extols a significant cost to the patient in terms of …

Providing services to families of persons with schizophrenia: present and future

L Dixon - The journal of mental health policy and economics, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Background The important role of families and other caregivers in the lives of adults with
schizophrenia is well documented. Persons with schizophrenia frequently live with their …

Family burden in schizophrenia: implications for services

L Kuipers - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1993 - Springer
Conclusion The evidence available suggests that family burden in schizophrenia is well
documented but poorly provided for. However, family needs, although extensive, do not …

Global perspective of burden of family caregivers for persons with schizophrenia

SW Chan - Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2011 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a severe form of mental illness that affects about 7 per 1,000 of the adult
population. It is estimated that globally about 29 million people have schizophrenia. With the …

“Sometimes it's difficult to have a normal life”: Results from a qualitative study exploring caregiver burden in schizophrenia

A Gater, D Rofail, C Tolley, C Marshall… - Schizophrenia …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. As a disease typified by early onset and chronic disease course, caring for a
person with schizophrenia may have a significant impact on caregivers' lives. This study …

The impact of caregivers' characteristics, patients' conditions and regional differences on family burden in schizophrenia: a longitudinal analysis

C Roick, D Heider, M Toumi… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Impact of caregiver characteristics, patient variables, and regional differences on
family burden. Method: Two hundred and eighteen schizophrenia patients and key‐relatives …

Caregiver burden in relatives of persons with schizophrenia: an overview of measure instruments

G Reine, C Lancon, MC Simeoni, S Duplan… - L'encéphale, 2003 - europepmc.org
The high prevalence and chronic evolution of schizophrenia are responsible for a major
social cost. The adverse consequences of such psychiatric disorders for relatives have been …

Measuring the costs of schizophrenia: implications for the post-institutional era in the US

KC Terkelsen, A Menikoff - Pharmacoeconomics, 1995 - Springer
Schizophrenia is a stress-related biomedical condition of the brain. characterised by
unusual internal experiences. severe and often persistent functional disability and socially …

Objective burden among primary caregivers of persons with chronic schizophrenia

HL Provencher - Journal of psychiatric and mental health …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Objective burden among primary caregivers of persons with chronic schizophrenia A better
understanding of the burden on the family has become increasingly important because …

Burden on family caregivers caring for patients with schizophrenia and its related factors

I Rafiyah - Nurse media journal of nursing, 2011 - ejournal.undip.ac.id
Background: Family caregiver is the most important person who cares for patient with
schizophrenia. However when care is provided for long time, he/she may experiences the …