The Mental Health Effects of Caregiving

A blog post on MSCaregiver.com questions the idea that caring for those with a serious impairment, in this case multiple sclerosis, impacts caregivers' mental health more negatively than the other stressors of life. In fact, the blog asserts that caregivers mental health is not worse than the general population.

Caregivers do need to pay attention to their overall health and seek assistance when needed. View some tools for caregivers, including a caregiver self-assessment questionnaire, at HFA's Caregiver's Corner.