title: [Living with mental disorders: family members' perspective have on primary care].
abstract: The objective of this qualitative study was to identify the service that is offered to the family members of patients with mental disorders at Primary Care Units, and understand the everyday life of that family. Data collection was performed from May to June 2007, by means of semi-structured interviews and observation of five families at their homes. Thematic analysis of the data was performed, generating two categories: 1) mental disorder from the family's perspective and the relation with the health service; 2) living with the mental illness. Result confirm the importance of seeing the family of patients with mental disorders as clients of the care process, and the need to prepare health professionals to answer the needs of the people that seek these services.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Michelle Caroline
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Estevam
authors.forename: Sonia Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Marcon
authors.forename: Maria Marlene
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Antonio
authors.forename: Denize Bouttelet
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Munari
authors.forename: Maria Angélica Pagliarini
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Waidman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care