Perspectives on the family's caregiving experience in mental illness.
Most people with severe mental illness have family members who assist them. This paper explores families' caregiving demands, normative conflicts in family care of mentally ill adults, and changes in the formal care system. It examines the shift in locus of care from institutions to communities. The potential for collaborative models to reduce the burden of caregiving is considered.
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Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, College of Nursing, Newark 07102.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011368:Professional-Family Relations