Burden on family members of the mentally ill: a naturalistic study in Japan.
People with mental disorders often cause distress among their family members. We examined a total of 25 pairs of newly referred psychiatric patients and their family members to investigate the correlations between family burden and patient diagnosis (using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R [SCID] axis I disorders), symptomatic severity (Positive and Negative Symptoms Scales [PANSS]), global function (Global Assessment of Functioning [GAF]), and the general level of family function (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale [FACES]). The subjective and objective burdens on the family were assessed by self-report. The subjective and objective burdens were significantly predicted only by the GAF score.
Hasui
Chieko
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Department of Psychiatry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan.
Sakamoto
Shinji
S
Sugiura
Tomoko
T
Miyata
Ryoji
R
Fujii
Yasuo
Y
Koshiishi
Fumio
F
Kitamura
Toshinori
T
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires