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

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that the severity of patient depression and personal stigma of the caregivers were significant factors correlated with caregiver depression. Therefore, beyond optimizing the treatment of depression in patients, the issue of stigma among caregivers also needs to be addressed as a potential target of intervention. PMID: 30074421 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30074421?dopt=Abstract

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - August 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chai YC, Mahadevan R, Ng CG, Chan LF, Md Dai F Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research