Abstract

SANTOS, Daniela Cristina Souza  and  BANDEIRA, Marina. Coping and burden from family caregivers of psychiatric patients: literature review. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.1, pp. 88-104. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/Z1982-1247201500010011.

Psychiatric deinstitutionalization has resulted in greater responsibility for family members in the informal care of patients, which may result in high degree of burden for these caregivers. Burden may be reduced by the utilization of effective coping strategies, according to the theoretical model of burden. A systematic search was conducted in SciELO, LILACS, Pubmed, Web of Science and PsycINFO databases, where were found 36 international studies evaluating the relationship between coping and burden of family caregivers. Results indicate that family members use several types of coping strategies, but these strategies in general are not associated with a lower degree of burden. Two strategies, avoidance and resignation, were clearly associated with a higher level of burden and should, therefore, be avoided.

Keywords : family caregivers' burden; psychiatric patients; coping; literature review.

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