Comparison of burden among family members of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a large acute psychiatric hospital in China
Zhou Y, Rosenheck R, Mohamed S, Ou Y, Ning Y, He H. Comparison of burden among family members of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a large acute psychiatric hospital in China. BMC Psychiatry 2016, 16: 283. PMID: 27515535, PMCID: PMC4980784, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0962-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily burdenBipolar disorderPsychiatric hospitalDifference of burdenWeeks of patientsMethodsTwo hundred fortyCross-sectional studyFamilies of patientsAcute psychiatric hospitalLarge psychiatric hospitalBipolar disorder patientsQuality of lifeComparison of burdenClinical featuresAcute patientsPredictive factorsCaregiver burdenHundred fortyDisorder patientsSchizophrenic patientsBipolar patientsPatientsSchizophrenia patientsSuicidal riskCaregivers' perceptions