Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Aim: To investigate the impact of caregiving for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder on caregivers' burden, perceived stigma, and coping style. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional hospital-based study. The caregivers of a total of 88 patients of which 50 with schizophrenia and 38 with Bipolar Mood Disorder were taken as participants. The semi structured Proforma, The Burden Assessment Schedule (BAS), Brief COPE and Perceived Discrimination Devaluation Scale (PDD) translated and validated in Hindi were administered. Results: The level of burden for schizophrenic caregivers is more as compared to the caregivers of BD. The caregivers of patients with schizophrenia were more stigmatized as compared to caregivers of BD patients. Females were more stigmatized than males in both the groups. The caregivers of both BD and schizophrenic patients used Active emotional coping to combat the situation.