Family burden related to mental and physical disorders in the world: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

Family burden related to mental and physical disorders in the world: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

Objective: To assess prevalence and correlates of family caregiver burdens associated with mental and physical conditions worldwide. Methods: Cross-sectional community surveys asked 43,732 adults residing in 19 countries of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys about chronic physical and mental...

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Main Authors: Maria Carmen Viana, Michael J. Gruber, Victoria Shahly, Ali Alhamzawi, Jordi Alonso, Laura H. Andrade, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Corina Benjet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Jose Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, Giovanni de Girolamo, Peter de Jonge, Finola Ferry, Silvia Florescu, Oye Gureje, Josep Maria Haro, Hristo Hinkov, Chiyi Hu, Elie G. Karam, Jean-Pierre Lépine, Daphna Levinson, Jose Posada-Villa, Nancy A. Sampson, Ronald C. Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2013-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Caregiver burden
family caregiver
cross-national
population-based
epidemiology
mental health
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