Encephale
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Since psychiatric institutions began discharging mentally ill patients into the community, family of patients suffering from schizophrenia are more and more involved in the therapeutic process. The adverse consequences of having a patient suffering from schizophrenia at home are called "burden of care" and have been studied by numerous authors. We were interested in the quality of life of caregivers and its evaluation. This concept represents a more complex, multidimensional approach in which many variables are taken into account. We propose the development of a French self-administered instrument of quality of life for caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia, the caregiver schizophrenia quality of life questionnaire (S-CGQoL). ⋯ The S-CGQoL is the first self-administered quality of life questionnaire for caregivers of patients suffering from schizophrenia. It presents satisfactory psychometric properties, which can be completed in five minutes and, therefore, fulfils the goal of brevity sought in research and clinical practice.
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Lots of similar vulnerabilities to substance use disorders are described in the literature: clinical, genetics, family, environment, etc. Although, when we follow up patients, we know perfectly well that there are also differences due to the substance mainly causing addiction. But we found very little research on the differences between various substance use disorders according to the substance mainly causing dependence. ⋯ We clearly identified different types of patient's profiles according to substances mainly causing addiction. These differences can modify our strategies of prevention and treatment, so as to meet patients' needs better.