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A comparison of the level of functioning in chronic schizophrenia with coping and burden in caregivers

Author(s) -

DeanA Creado,

Shubhangi R. Parkar,

Ravindra Kamath

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

indian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1998-3794

pISSN - 0019-5545

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.31615

Subject(s) - fatalism , coping (psychology) , caregiver burden , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , disease , dementia , philosophy , theology , pathology

A chronic mental illness such as schizophrenia is a challenging task for caregivers especially in the current era of de-institutionalization. In India, few studies have attempted to directly determine the relationship between coping mechanisms and burden; in the West, studies have found that improved coping in family members can decrease the perceived burden.

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