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Family burden in chronic mental illness: a review of research studies
Author(s) -
Loukissa Dimitra A
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1995.tb02521.x
Subject(s) - caregiver burden , mental illness , psychiatry , mentally ill , medicine , psychology , mental health , distressing , clinical psychology , disease , dementia , chemistry , pathology
Early research has established that burden exists and has identified certain behaviours of mentally ill relatives that family members find most distressing Further research has confirmed the accuracy of the early work and has focused on the severity of mental illness Recent research has stressed the importance of social support in the study of caregiver burden This paper explores the research literature that covers the concept of caregiver burden in the area of mental illness and also presents developed instruments for the study of caregiver burden