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The schizophrenic patient in the community and his effect on the household.
J. Hoenig,Marian W. Hamilton +1 more
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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.Abstract:
et al., 1961, Grad et al., 1963, Hoenig et crl., 1965). Wing et al. (1964) have pointed out, however, that this may only be achieved at a price: ... &dquo;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&dquo;. Financial and other difficulties for the family may also be involved.read more
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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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Perceived parental burden and service use for child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
Adrian Angold,Stephen C. Messer,Dalene Stangl,Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer,Elizabeth J. Costello,Barbara J. Burns +5 more
TL;DR: Significant predictors of perceived burden were levels of child symptomatology and impairment and parental mental health problems, and children's depressive and anxiety disorders were associated with less burden than other diagnoses.
Perceived Parental Burden andService UseforChild andAdolescent Psychiatric Disorders
Adrian Angold,Dalene Stangl +1 more
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Caring for relatives with serious mental illness: the development of the Experience of Caregiving Inventory.
TL;DR: It is concluded that the ECI taps salient dimensions of caregiving distinct from, although linked with, coping and psychological morbidity, and has potential as a useful outcome measure for interventions aimed at promoting caregiver well-being.
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The burden of care: the impact of functional psychiatric illness on the patient's family.
TL;DR: The literature on the effect of severe mental illness on other members of the patient's family is reviewed, finding that relatives have difficulties in understanding and coming to terms with illness-related behaviour.
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Influence of Family Life on the Course of Schizophrenic Illness
TL;DR: It was concluded that it might not always be best for the schizophrenic patient to return to the close emo tional ties of affection or hostility often found in parental and marital homes, and some evidence that family relationships can in fluence the course of schizophrenia was provided.
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Morbidity in the Community of Schizophrenic Patients Discharged from London Mental Hospitals in 1959
TL;DR: The social and clinical progress of a group of male schizophrenic patients who left London mental hospitals during 1959 and were followed up for one year are described.
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Some factors related to outcome and social adjustment in schizophrenia.
B. M. Mandelbrote,S. Folkard +1 more
TL;DR: An attempt was made to establish a system of psychiatric screening, in which most patients who were referred would be first seen and assessed at an Out-Patients' Clinic or on a Domiciliary Visit, and when a decision would be made whether to perform treatment on an in-patient or out-patient basis.