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The Burden on the Family of a Psychiatric Patient: Development of an Interview Schedule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Shaila Pai  and
R. L. Kapur
Shaila Pai*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore 560029, India
R. L. Kapur
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore 560029, India
*
∗All correspondence.
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Summary

This paper describes the construction of a semi-structured interview schedule to assess the burden placed on families of psychiatric patients living in the community. The Indian population studied found their sick relatives most burdensome in respect of the effect of the illness on family finances, the disruption of normal family activities and the production of stress symptoms in family members other than the patient. The inter-investigator reliability of the interview schedule proved to be high.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 4 , April 1981 , pp. 332 - 335
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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