The family experience in cultural context: implications for further research and practice.
Cross-cultural studies of families' experience of mental illness are discussed, in terms of uniformities in and differences between belief systems and values, caregiving norms, perceived burden and distress, and expectations, with suggestions for further research and applications to practice.
Lefley
H P
HP
University of Miami School of Medicine, USA.
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012380:Role; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States