title: A study of how families care for mentally ill relatives in Japan.
abstract: With the continual expansion of their roles in communities, nurses must update their knowledge of family behaviour in different caring situations. Below, an account of experiences of family carers of relatives with schizophrenia and how nurses can better help them to cope.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing*; D012944:Social Support