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396 – Family Functioning in the Families of Psychiatric Patients: Comparison of Psychotic and Non Psychotic Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

N. Forozandeh  and
N. Parvin
N. Forozandeh
Affiliation:
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Rahmatieh, Shahrekord, Iran
N. Parvin
Affiliation:
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Rahmatieh, Shahrekord, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction:

Family functioning is one of the most important factors in psychiatric treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the family functioning between patients with psychotic and non psychotic disorders in Shahrekord, Iran.

Method and materials:

This analytical discriptive study was performed on family members of 200 patients with schizophrenia(psychotic), mood and anxiety disorders(nonpsychotic). The data was collected through interview by using the family assessment device (FAD). Quantative analysis of data was undertaken by using T students.

Findings:

The mean of the total score of FAD in family members of psychotic and nonpsychotic patients was 2.55 ± .31 and 2.34 ± .25 respectively, and FAD in non psychotic patients was significantly better than psychotic patients in all dimensions of FAD.

Discussion:

The present study highlights that the family functioning among caregivers of patients with Psychotic and non psychotic disorders were unhealthy in all of the domains of the family functioning.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E44
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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