According to research conducted by Laidaw et al., primary caregivers who do live with the individual with mental illness experience which of the following in comparison to primary caregivers who do not live with the individual with mental illness?
a. less stress and burden as caregiver
b. similar stress and burden as caregiver
c. more stress and burden as caregiver
d. no correlation in relative stress and burden as caregiver
B
Both primary caregivers who live with a schizophrenic person and those who do not live in the same household but still provide care experience similar levels of stress and burdens. In fact, 25% of both groups of caregivers met the GHQ criterion for mental illness themselves. One of the implications of this is that mental health services should aim to assist these caregivers in developing methods of managing stress.
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