%0 Journal Article
%A Vazquez-Reyes, Antonio
%A Martin-Rodriguez, Agustin
%A Angeles Perez-San-Gregorio, Maria
%A Vazquez-Morejon, Antonio J.
%T Gender Influence on severe Mental Disorders: Relationship between Behavior Problems and Family Burden
%D 2021
%@ 1130-5274
%U https://hdl.handle.net/10668/27363
%X Gender differences in behavior problems and their relationship with family burden in severe mental disorders were analyzed. The Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI) and two items related to family burden (FB 1: "Do you feel able to endure the illness or disorder and the problems it causes?" and FB 2: "How often are you overwhelmed by these behavior/illness problems?") were administered to 235 key informants under treatment in a community mental health unit. The results show that men presented more behavior problems and family burden, with significant differences in impulse dyscontrol and severe behavior problems. A positive correlation was found between behavior problems and family burden, where the inactivity/social withdrawal dimension was the best predictor of family load for men and women. We conclude that men have more behavior problems and that the inactivity/social withdrawal dimension has the most explanatory power for family burden in both men and women.
%K Behavior problems
%K Severe mental disorders
%K Family burden
%K Impulse dyscontrol
%K Social withdrawal
%K Social-behavior
%K Schizophrenia
%K Psychosis
%K Care
%K 1st-episode
%K Experience
%K Childhood
%K Illness
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