The impact of schizophrenia on the family

Authors

  • Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti
  • Sueli Aparecida Frari Galera

Keywords:

Esquizofrenia, Família, Relações familiares, Emoções.

Abstract

The impact of schizophrenia on the family has been compared to the trauma experienced by victims of catastrophes. Considering the social repercussion on the health system and the emotional repercussion on the schizophrenic individual, with consequences to the family group, an ethnographic case study was developed aimed at describing the impact of schizophrenia on the family. One family consisted of father, mother, and five children, four of whom are schizophrenic, participated in the study, and have had a follow-up in a public psychiatric service. Schizophrenia impacts family members through their suffering, isolation, and overload

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Published

2008-06-11

How to Cite

1.
Guidorizzi Zanetti AC, Aparecida Frari Galera S. The impact of schizophrenia on the family. Rev Gaúcha Enferm [Internet]. 2008 Jun. 11 [cited 2026 Sep. 1];28(3):385. Available from: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rgenf/article/view/4689

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2007)

Section

Artigos Originais

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