Family Burden of Patients with Severe Mental Illness / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective To investigate the family burden of patients with severe mental illness. Methods 148 patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were assessed with Family Burden Scale of disease (FBS). Results Family burden broadly exists among those patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and the burden tends to involve several dimensions, including family relations (51%), home enter-tainment (50%), daily routine (45%), economic burden (43%), mental health of family members (36%) and physical health of family mem-bers (32%). Conclusion Integrated psychological and social intervention should be made to reduce the family burden of patients with schizo-phrenia and bipolar disorder.