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Burden of care among relatives of patients with schizophrenia in midwestern Nigeria
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Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia experience immense burden and public health education as well as targeted interventions in the area of employment, financial and other support for persons with mental disorders would help to ameliorate this burden.Abstract:
Background: Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder which places immense burden on family members. There are few studies that have explored the enormity of burden experienced by caregivers i...read more
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The psychosocial problems of families caring for relatives with mental illnesses and their coping strategies: a qualitative urban based study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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The experience of caregivers of people living with serious mental disorders: a study from rural Ghana
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The experiences of providing caregiving for patients with schizophrenia in the Ghanaian context.
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Multidimensional impact of severe mental illness on family members: systematic review.
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Delivering Cognitive-Behavioural Family Interventions for Schizophrenia
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Supported employment: evidence for an evidence-based practice
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The burden of schizophrenia on caregivers: a review.
TL;DR: Although the cost of caregiving is considered to be significant, there are no reliable estimates of the costs associated with such care and there is an urgent need to develop reliable approaches that can generate data that can inform in policy making and organization of services.
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The schizophrenic patient in the community and his effect on the household.
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TL;DR: The policy of early discharge of schizophrenic patients is based to a large degree on the willingness of relatives to attempt the role of nurse and put up with considerable discomfort and distress, which may only be achieved at a price.
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Measuring the burden of psychiatric illness on the family: an evaluation of some rating scales
TL;DR: A clear definition of the burden concept is offered, an exposition of the criteria for evaluating rating scales to measure the concept, a review of major rating scales of burden, and some suggestions for improvements in methodology which are urgently required are offered.
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Family Caregiving in Schizophrenia: Domains and Distress
TL;DR: It is suggested that caregiving tasks and problems may be diminished and related distress lowered by reducing the patient's symptomatology, increasing relatives' coping capacities, and decreasing the number of contact hours.