A Study on Caregivers Stress of Psychiatric Patients Employed at Private Mental health Centers

Abstract

The world is moving through the era modernization where people dedicate much less time for their physiological and psychological health. The problem of mental illness among masses is increasing day – by day which is being ignored at the very basic stage. Around 75 percent of the population is said to report with some sought of psychological ailments. When such people are brought under institutionalized care, they rely on the support of the caretakers. Most of the research deals about the psychiatric ill persons, leaving out the conditions underwent by the caretakers of psychiatric patients. With routine care of the mentally ill, they exhibit psychosomatic conditions in due course of their profession, which are left unnoticed at most cases. Their monotonous routine without proper training to handle the patients makes them exhaust and feel isolated from their work. At a certain threshold, recreations, counseling, and routine checkup are must to ensure their social inclusiveness.  With the lacuna in personal care, there is a high chance of being alienated.

The study intends to find the unaddressed causes of social alienation and the awareness among caretakers about the personal space exploitative nature of this profession. The researcher adopts Quantitative analyses to find the true empirical result, which is done with the help of an interview schedule. The respondents were identified by induction of purposive sampling. Based on the response of 210 respondents, the researcher concluded that, the caregivers face too many psychiatric burdens at both the familial and social sphere. It was inferred that the isolation was completely unrecognized by the caregivers themselves. Over time, it had led to distress and social anxiety and alienation.