title: [Mental disorders: challenges for the family].
abstract: Using a qualitative methodology (open interviews, story-drawing and thematic analysis), we identify and analyze 4 categories (temporal mismatching, guilt, conflict and loss) found in the discourse of mothers (and one sister) of psychiatric patients receiving treatment at the Center for Psycho-Social Care (NAPS) in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, and also evaluate the importance of such categories with a view to understanding the dynamical relationships among mental health services, patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Psiquiátrica e Ciências Humanas da Escola de Enfermagem, Ribeirão Preto da USP (EERP-USP). ornelas@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Maria Alice
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders