Factors associated with caregiver psychological distress in chronic schizophrenia.

Background And Aims: Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia experience increased levels of psychological distress. This study investigated the impact of caring for patients with chronic schizophrenia on the mental health status of the caregivers and described the relationship between various socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and caregiving psychological distress.

Methods: The study was carried out at the Psychiatric Hospital of Athens.

Additive effect of depressed mood and vasomotor symptoms on postmenopausal insomnia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of vasomotor and mood symptoms on insomnia in postmenopausal women.

Methods: One hundred sixty-three postmenopausal women, not receiving hormone therapy, attending a menopause clinic at the University of Athens, Greece, were included in this cross-sectional study. Climacteric symptoms were assessed by Greene's scale, whereas psychological morbidity was measured by Zung Self-Assessment Depression Scale, Symptom Checklist-90-R, and Athens Insomnia Scale.