Ranieri, V;
Madigan, K;
Roche, E;
McGuiness, D;
Bainbridge, E;
Feeney, L;
Hallahan, B;
... O'Donoghue, B; + view all
(2017)
Caregiver burden and distress following the patient's discharge from psychiatric hospital.
BJPsych Bulletin
, 41
(2)
pp. 87-91.
10.1192/pb.bp.115.053074.
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Abstract
AIMS AND METHOD: Caring for someone with a mental illness is increasingly occurring within the community. As a result, family members who fulfil a caregiving role may experience substantial levels of burden and psychological distress. This study investigates the level of burden and psychological distress reported by caregivers after the patient's admission. RESULTS: This study found that the overall level of burden and psychological distress experienced by caregivers did not differ according to the patient's legal status. However, the caregivers of those who were voluntarily admitted supervised the person to a significantly greater extent than the caregivers of those who were involuntarily admitted. Approximately 15% of caregivers revealed high levels of psychological distress. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study may emphasise a need for mental health professionals to examine the circumstances of caregivers, particularly of those caring for patients who are voluntarily admitted, a year after the patient's admission.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Caregiver burden and distress following the patient's discharge from psychiatric hospital |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1192/pb.bp.115.053074 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.053074 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an open-access article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1516047 |
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