Models of caregiving in schizophrenia

Pages: 1319-1327
Surbhi Khandelwal (Department of Psychology, The IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur, Rajasthan)
Monica Sharma (Clinical Psychologist, The IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Abrupt start of the illness, lasting long-term manifestations and chronic relapse; schizophrenia course has far-reaching implications for both schizophrenic patients and their caregivers. The present paper centers around the positive and negative theoretical structures ordinarily used to study family caregivers of patients determined to have schizophrenia. This paper also incorporates recent researches employing the models or theories focusing on family caregivers. It can be concluded based on a present review of literature that caregivers experience on both positive and negative consequences and, if effective intervention and prevention programs are developed that could help in reducing the negative impacts and enhancing the negative ones.