The impact of mental illness on the overall quality of life has been hardly explored. While there are studies to show the stress and burden experienced by the families, questions remain as to how family's global quality of life gets affected when challenged by care-giving responsibilities to a mentally ill relative. The adverse consequences of care-giving impact not only the caregiving process but also reduce the quality of life of the caregiver. Few studies have reported the association between caregiver burden and reduction in quality of life.
The present study intends to examine how quality of life of the caregiver is influenced by the process of care-giving (or perception of burden) across three groups of psychiatric disorders.