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Psychiatric symptoms in caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder: a review.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVES:The burden experienced by caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder has been associated with increased caregiver depression, anxiety and mental health service use. As caregiver burden is also associated with poor patient outcome, these findings may indicate a source of distress not only for caregivers, but also for patients. This review presents what is currently known about psychiatric symptoms in this population and suggests directions for future research. METHODS:Computerized databases Medline, Pubmed, PsychINFO and Google Scholar were searched using the keywords 'bipolar disorder', 'manic-depressive disorder', 'caregiver', 'caregiver burden', 'family', 'couple', 'spouse' and 'partner.' Of these, publications both measuring and reporting psychiatric symptoms or mental health service use in adult caregivers were included. RESULTS:Twenty four (24) papers were analyzed. Thirteen (13) of these papers measured general psychiatric distress, 2 measured anxiety symptoms, 9 reported mood symptoms and 8 reported increased mental health service use. 21 total papers reported clinical significance of least one category of psychiatric distress. Significant findings include up to 46% of caregivers reporting depression and up to 32.4% reporting mental health service use. Data suggest that caregiver psychiatric symptoms depend on the nature of the caregiving relationship. Common methodological problems included: lack of control groups, small sample sizes and non-standardized caregiver and patient criteria. CONCLUSIONS:While not all of the data are consistent, the majority of papers report the presence of psychiatric symptoms in caregivers, such as depression, anxiety and increased mental health service use. Future research is needed to address methodological issues and focus on distinguishing symptoms and identifying effects of mediators such as caregiver-patient relationship, coping styles and stigma. Interventions tailored towards the psychiatric needs of bipolar families may result in improved caregiver and patient outcomes, as well as in decreased health care costs.

journal_name

J Affect Disord

journal_title

Journal of affective disorders

authors

Steele A,Maruyama N,Galynker I

doi

10.1016/j.jad.2009.04.020

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-02-01 00:00:00

pages

10-21

issue

1-2

eissn

0165-0327

issn

1573-2517

pii

S0165-0327(09)00171-2

journal_volume

121

pub_type

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Psychiatric symptoms in caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder: a review.