Attention is focused on the problem behaviours encountered by relatives of schizophrenic patients. Seventy families, members of the “Friends of Schizophrenics” association completed a questionnaire aimed at eliciting specific problem behaviours from the perspective of the relative. By far, the most frequent problems were concerned with the ‘negative’ symptoms of schizophrenia while the problems found most difficult to manage included those to do with insight compliance and ‘positive’ symptoms.
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