A SOBRECARGA DO FAMILIAR DA PESSOA COM ESQUIZOFRENIA: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Introduction: Schizophrenia is one of the mental disorders classified as highly incapacitating, promoting a greater exclusion of this individual from his tasks performed, and from his social life. The definition of this diagnosis, although necessary, causes changes not only for this individual, but also affects his family. Objective: This article aims to investigate the occurrence of overload in family caregivers of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Methods: The research consists of a systematic review of the literature with a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory approach. For the survey of articles in the literature, the following databases were consulted, Scielo, PePsic and the VHL Regional Portal, using the descriptors schizophrenia, burden and caregiver, and the keyword “family”, the search operator used was “and”. Results: The results found, in the selected articles, agree and point to the difficulties experienced by caregivers in the social, economic and health fields, causing high levels of burden. Conclusions: We conclude that by understanding more about the psychological impacts of family members when receiving the diagnosis of schizophrenia from their family members, we make it possible, in addition to greater knowledge of the topic about the total impact on the family, to plan strategies to minimize the impacts in family organization and structure, promoting better quality in the face of the reality of the mental disorder.