Schizophrenia: impact on family dynamics

A Caqueo-Urízar, M Rus-Calafell, TKJ Craig… - Current psychiatry …, 2017 - Springer
In many societies, family members are now the primary caregivers of mental health patients,
taking on responsibilities traditionally under the purview of hospitals and medical …

A systematic review comparing caregiver burden and psychological functioning in caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar …

GJ Karambelas, K Filia, LK Byrne, KA Allott… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background Informal primary caregivers provide crucial supports to loved ones experiencing
serious mental illnesses with profound outcomes for the caregivers themselves. A …

Psychological distress, perceived burden and quality of life in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia

S Stanley, S Balakrishnan, S Ilangovan - Journal of Mental Health, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Caregiving in schizophrenia is a demanding and exhausting activity that
challenges the physical and emotional resources of family caregivers. In traditional societies …

Caregiver burden among caregivers of individuals with severe mental illness: Testing the moderation and mediation models of resilience

ZA Mulud, G McCarthy - Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2017 - Elsevier
The association between the socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers, such as
gender and caregiver burden, is well documented; however, the process underlying this …

Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among primary caregivers of patients with severe mental illness in southwest, Ethiopia

H Derajew, D Tolessa, GT Feyissa, F Addisu… - BMC psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background Depression is a serious mental illness that affects patients' treatment outcome
and caregiver's day to day life. The prevalence of depression among caregivers of patients …

Resilience moderates the association between stigma and psychological distress among family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia

X Chen, Y Mao, L Kong, G Li, M Xin, F Lou… - Personality and Individual …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of psychological distress, to further
validate the influence of caregivers' stigma and resilience on their psychological distress …

The influence of social support and care burden on depression among caregivers of patients with severe mental illness in rural areas of Sichuan, China

X Sun, J Ge, H Meng, Z Chen, D Liu - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Depression is one of the most common psychological consequences of caregiving. Caring
for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) adds significant challenges to family caregivers' …

Caregiver depression: The contributing role of depression in patients, stigma, social support and religiosity

YC Chai, R Mahadevan, CG Ng… - … Journal of Social …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Depression has been well studied as part of caregiver burden among patients
with severe mental illnesses. Curiously, though, there has been little data in terms of …

Assessing caregiver burden in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder in Kathmandu medical college

R Sharma, SC Sharma, SN Pradhan - 2017 - elibrary.nhrc.gov.np
Background: Schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder are chronic psychiatric illness that
requires long term care. This study tends to measure psychological burden and factors …

Depression in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: a scoping review

F Prasad, MK Hahn, AF Chintoh, G Remington… - Social Psychiatry and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Caregivers play a vitally important role in the lives of people with schizophrenia.
However, their mental health can often be overlooked. In recent years, with increasing …