title: Families of adults with severe mental illness: new directions in research.
abstract: Challenges to the next generation of family researchers are enormous as they move beyond the more global concept of family and begin to address the great diversity among families with mentally ill relatives. Since most mental illnesses are chronic conditions, families must also be understood from the long-term perspective of the family life cycle.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hatfield
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support