Schizophrenia is a disabling, chronic psychiatric disorder that poses numerous challenges
in its management and consequences. It extols a significant cost to the patient in terms of …

Background A couple of decades ago, hospitals or psychiatric institutions were in charge of
caring for patients with schizophrenia; however, nowadays this role is performed by one or …

All over the world women are the predominant providers of informal care for family members
with chronic medical conditions or disabilities, including the elderly and adults with mental …

Objective: Caregivers experience physical and mental stress that ends up lowering their
quality of life (QoL). Our goal was to research (a) the level of caregivers QoL;(b) the …

BREINBAUER K, Hayo et al. Validación en Chile de la Escala de Sobrecarga del Cuidador
de Zarit en sus versiones original y abreviada. Rev. méd. Chile [online]. 2009, vol. 137, n. 5 …

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Background: Family caregivers of persons with schizophrenia and other disorders
experience high levels of burden. Most studies of family burden in schizophrenia have taken …

Background: Caregiving in schizophrenia is a demanding and exhausting activity that
challenges the physical and emotional resources of family caregivers. In traditional societies …

BackgroundThere is a long history of research into the attributes of carers of people with
psychosis, but few interventions target their distress or their difficulties. AimsTo describe an …

Una revisión actualizada sobre la sobrecarga en cuidadores de pacientes con
esquizofrenia. Antecedentes: la esquizofrenia es una enfermedad mental grave que no solo …