Stress and coping in families, where a patient with mental disorder lives

Abstract

Family members of a mentally ill person deal with the reality, which changes depending on the dynamics of patient`s disease. Family burden associated with contact and living with patient with endogenous mental disorder generally leads to stress and significant emotional overstrain, which, according to the principle of feedback, negatively affects condition of the patient. Family members of patients, diagnosed with endogenous mental disorders, face challenging family situation, that demands maximum personality adaptation resources activation in order to ensure successful coping and resocialization of the patient.