Effect of clozapine on psychological outcomes of caregivers of patients with treatment resistant schizophrenia.

CONCLUSION: To conclude, this study suggests that caregivers of patients with TRS, experience significantly higher caregiver burden, and a large proportion of them suffer from psychological morbidity and indulge in expressed emotions and abuse of the patient. Treatment with clozapine for 3 months leads to a reduction in the caregiver burden, expressed emotions, caregiver abuse, and psychological morbidity among the caregivers. PMID: 32820680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Nord J Psychiatry Source Type: research