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Gender differences in psychiatric morbidity among family caregivers — a review and analysis
Author(s)	Jennifer L Yee, Richard Schulz
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 2, April 2000
Pages	pp 147-164
Keywords	Mental disorder ; Family care ; Men as carers ; Women as carers ; Comparison ; Literature reviews ; United States of America.
Annotation	Empirical research on caregiver gender and psychiatric morbidity is reviewed and synthesised, with the aim of answering three questions. First, is there greater psychiatric morbidity among female than male caregivers? Second, is the excess psychiatric morbidity among female caregivers attributable to caregiving? Third, what factors in the caregiving situation contribute to the excess psychiatric morbidity among female caregivers? Comparisons with non-caregiving community samples suggest that female caregivers experience excess psychiatric morbidity attributable to caregiving. Using a stress process model as an organising framework, the study demonstrates that at all stages of the stress process, women are at greater risk for psychiatric morbidity than men. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001102502 A
Classmark	E: P6:SJ: P6:SG: P6:SH: 48: 64A: 7T
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