Abstract: Abstract: Background: Mental and behavioral disorders account for about 12% of the global burden of disease, The World Health Report 2013 has drawn attention to the fact that nearly 45 crores people estimated to be suffering from mental and behavioral disorders globally. WHO (2011) report stated by 2020, 15% of the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) lost would be due to mental and behavioral disorders, up from 10% in 2000 to 12% in 2010 and that about 24 million people suffer from schizophrenia and 21 million people from depression. Caregivers of the patients go through a great deal of pain and trauma as well along with the patients. Hence, we decided to conduct research whose sole purpose.......
KEYWORD: caregiver, coping style, stress, global burden
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