Family pathology and social support in relapse among Bipolar Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia Patients
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Delivery of mental health services is changing world wide including India. Practice has shifted from an instrumental model of care to community based and family involvement based techniques. Despite that centrally, the views and experiences of family on the utility of the present classification system have been little studied. Present study was aimed to assess the difference of family pathology and social support in the relapsed of bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia patients. On the basis of purposive sampling technique 60, (30) Bipolar Affective Disorder and (30) Schizophrenia patient, who are relapsed and came to RINPAS OPD for the treatment and referred for hospitalization were selected. Family pathology is high in the families of patients with schizophrenia in comparison to Bipolar Affective Disorder Patient’s family but the social support is poor in the families of patients with schizophrenia in comparison to Bipolar Affective Disorder Patient’s family.
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