Open AccessQuality of life and marital adjustment in spouses of schizophrenia patients
Author(s) -
Samiksha Sahu,
Swaleha Mujawar,
Dikshita Garg,
Suprakash Chaudhury,
Daniel Saldanha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_176_20
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatry , marital status , outpatient clinic , psychology , diagnosis of schizophrenia , clinical psychology , descriptive statistics , medicine , psychosis , population , statistics , mathematics , environmental health , psychotherapist
With the availability of potent antipsychotics, the prognosis of schizophrenia has improved. As a result, there is increasing interest in assessing the quality of life (QOL) and marital adjustment of patients with schizophrenia. However, there is a paucity of Indian data in this area.