The Objective of Our Study is to Assess and Take Into Account Early on the Suffering of Family Members Clinical Trial
Official title:
Impact of Burden in Caregivers of Patients Hospitalized for a Psychotic Episode: a Multicenter Study
Family support is a positive predictor for psychiatric patients. For example, since the
1980s, it has been shown that family psychoeducation improves patient adherence to care and
statistically decreases patient relapse and hospitalization rates by half, resulting in lower
care costs. Yet, the stress of hospitalizing a patient, seeing the feelings of shame or guilt
of caregiver and the impact on their quality of life are rarely taken into account by
caregivers during the first weeks hospitalization in a patient's psychiatry.
Barrelet emphasizes the importance of organizing the meeting in the first hours of
hospitalization with the family in order to strengthen the alliance, to improve
communication.
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