Relatives of patients with severe psychotic illness: factors that influence appraisal of caregiving and psychological distress.

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BACKGROUND: Research shows considerable variability in the effect on relatives of patients' mental illness but the determinants of relatives' experience remain unclear. We investigated the influence of demographic, social and clinical characteristics on relatives' experience when conceptualised using a stress-appraisal-coping paradigm. METHODS: Our sample was drawn from relatives of patients recruited to the UK700 case management study (n = 154). Demographic, social and clinical data were col...

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Authors: Harvey, K; Burns, T; Fahy, T; Manley, C; Tattan, T

• Journal: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 456-461
• Publication date: 2001-09-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s001270170024
• EISSN: 1433-9285
• ISSN: 0933-7954
• Language: English
• Keywords: Family; Middle Aged; Caregivers; Adult; Models, Psychological; Humans; Sampling Studies; Great Britain; Severity of Illness Index; Psychotic Disorders; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Cost of Illness; Female; Stress, Psychological; Male