Assessment of burden, coping skills & depression in parents of children with psychiatric morbidity.
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2019, Vol 117, Issue 1
Abstract
Mental illness in children affects more than just the children - it impacts the entire family specially the parents resulting in stress and depression in them. A positive and effective coping may help to overcome the situation. Our purpose was to compare perceived burden, coping skills and depressive symptoms in parents of children with mental retardation (MR) and attention deficit and hyperkinetic disorder (ADHD) and to compare the same between mothers and fathers of children with different psychiatric morbidity. We also assessed relation between different coping skills with depressive symptoms and burden score. Willing parents of children with psychiatric morbidity with education above 5th standard were assessed for depressive symptoms, perceived burden and different coping skills. Results were analyzed statistically. Both mothers and fathers are found to be similarly depressed. Perceived stress and use of coping mechanism were similar in both groups. Education or income had no effect on depression or perceived burden. Increased use of family coping mechanism helped to reduce stress. Parental distress needs to be assessed by mental health professionals in order to comprehensively address needs of both the child with mental health problems and his or her parent. To improve the condition enhancing coping strategies may help.
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Kaberi Bhattacharyya, Dilip Mondal, Sanjay Sadhukhan, Santanu Acharyya
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