Caregiver distress in schizophrenia and mood disorders: the role of illness-related stressors and caregiver-related factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Although interactions between illness-related stressors and caregiver attributes appear to determine caregiver-distress, subjective perceptions and other attributes of caregivers may have a greater impact on distress. Therefore, interventions to reduce caregiver-distress should place equal, if not more emphasis on caregiver-related factors which influence distress. PMID: 30638102 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Nord J Psychiatry Source Type: research