title: Ethnicity, social status, and families' experiences of caring for a mentally ill family member.
abstract: There is growing attention to the role of families nas caregivers of family members with serious mental illness. This paper presents presents data from a multicultural sample of 90 family caregivers from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The paper examines families' experiences with mental health services; their support networks and family burdens; and their conceptions of mental illness. The paper both provides one of the first comparative studies of family caregivers from different ethnic groups and suggests an agenda for future research in this area.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guarnaccia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parra
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People