Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 219-222, May 2002

Burden on family members of the mentally ill: A naturalistic study in Japan

From the Department of Psychiatry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan; University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and Kita Hospital, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan.

Abstract 

People with mental disorders often cause distress among their family members. We examined a total of 25 pairs of newly referred psychiatric patients and their family members to investigate the correlations between family burden and patient diagnosis (using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R [SCID] axis I disorders), symptomatic severity (Positive and Negative Symptoms Scales [PANSS]), global function (Global Assessment of Functioning [GAF]), and the general level of family function (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale [FACES]). The subjective and objective burdens on the family were assessed by self-report. The subjective and objective burdens were significantly predicted only by the GAF score.

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PII: S0010-440X(02)92950-0

doi:10.1053/comp.2002.32360

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 219-222, May 2002

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