Family caregivers of people with mental disorders face a number of burdens and stressors,
such as associative stigma and burnout. These burdens are often a result of their caring role …

Pharmacists have a contribution to make in improving optimising medication use for people
on antipsychotic medication. The rates of prescribing antipsychotics have increased in …

Background Antipsychotics are routinely prescribed to people diagnosed with schizophrenia
or psychosis on a long-term basis. Considerable literature explores service users' opinions …

Background Management of schizophrenia is now shifted to the community setting and
family caregivers are the primary caregivers. Managing medications is a complex …

Objectives To explore Australian mental health carers' prioritisation of key elements of
caregiving and establish the extent to which particular issues contribute to carer burden …

Purpose To explore perceptions of antipsychotics associated side-effects among family
caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. Patients and Methods A descriptive qualitative …

Background The shift towards providing mental healthcare in the community has resulted in
caregivers becoming more involved in the delivery of these services. Supporting mental …

Research with families of people with serious mental illness consistently shows that the
concerns and conundrums about their loved one's medication are among those most …

The level of carer burden has increased as carers take on more responsibility for mental
health consumers as a result of the contemporary shift in the delivery of services from …

Family plays a vital role in the lives of individuals living with mental illnesses like
schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a severely disabling mental illness which affects the …