Psychological impact on caregivers traumatized by the violent behavior of a family member with schizophrenia

Highlights ► We aim to measure the psychological impact on caregivers who are traumatized by the violent behavior of a family member with schizophrenia. ► The psychological impact of traumatic experiences is significantly associated with the following factors: medical non-adherence, living without t...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2013-02, Vol.6 (1), p.46-51
Main Authors: Hanzawa, Setsuko, Bae, Jeong-Kyu, Bae, Yong Jun, Chae, Moon-hyeon, Tanaka, Hideki, Nakane, Hideyuki, Ohta, Yasuyuki, Zhao, Xianghua, Iizuka, Hideki, Nakane, Yoshibumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Caregiver
Caregivers - psychology
Confucianism
Family
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Korea
Male
Medication Adherence
Middle Aged
Psychiatry
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - complications
Schizophrenia - nursing
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Traumatic stress
Violence - psychology
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Summary:Highlights ► We aim to measure the psychological impact on caregivers who are traumatized by the violent behavior of a family member with schizophrenia. ► The psychological impact of traumatic experiences is significantly associated with the following factors: medical non-adherence, living without the patient, and caregiver burden by multiple regression analysis. ► The psychological impact continue as a result of the huge caregiver burden and the medication non-adherence of the family member with schizophrenia in spite of receiving long-term treatment and multiple hospitalizations.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2012.08.009