Suicide probability in psychiatric patients' primary caregivers: The role of care burden, alexithymia and some risk factors

AVCI D., Duran S., CAN ÖZ Y., Basak I.

ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, vol.35, no.5, pp.457-464, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.06.013
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Page Numbers: pp.457-464
  • Keywords: Alexithymia, Care burden, Caregivers, Psychiatric patients, Suicide probability, FAMILY CARERS, MENTAL-HEALTH, SCHIZOPHRENIA, INDIVIDUALS, IDEATION, PEOPLE, ILL, DISORDERS, DEMENTIA, SCALE
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Although suicidal ideation seems to be related with both burden of care and alexithymia, there is no study investigating the correlation between these factors and suicide probability in informal caregivers of psychiatric patients in the literature.