Clinicians' versus caregivers' ratings of burden in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: There were many areas of agreement as well as some significant discrepancies between clinicians' and caregivers' assessment of burden in this population of patients. This suggests that a comprehensive evaluation of burden should include assessments by both clinicians and caregivers of patients. PMID: 23788439 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - June 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Grover S, Chakrabarti S, Ghormode D, Dutt A, Kate N, Kulhara P Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research