Objective: Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia were chronic and recurren disorder. The aim was this study was to compare the depression and anxiety levels of caregivens of bipolar and schizophrenic patients.
Methods: 34 caregivens of bipolar patients and 34 caregivens of schizophrenic patients were recruited form consecutive admission and compared crossectionally with HDRS and HARS.
Results: Adherence to controls and pharmacological treatment were more frequent in bipolar patients than the schizophrenics (p= 0.05 ve p< 0.001). Schizophrenic patients caregivens anxiety scores were more higher than the bipolar patients caregivens (p= 0.017 and p= 0.009).
Conclusion: Nonadherence to treatment more frequent in schizophrenic patients and nonadherence patients caregivens anxiety scores more higher.