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Concept and models for the study of caregiver burden
Author(s) -
LOUKISSA D. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1994.tb00038.x
Subject(s) - caregiver burden , obligation , mentally ill , burden of proof , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , mental illness , mental health , political science , law , dementia , disease , pathology
Families caring for a mentally ill member experience various degrees of burden. The concept of burden has been studied over the centuries and is seen primarily as an obligation which entails a cost. In very few cases burden has been seen positively. The present article explores the concept of burden as it is presented in the literature, addresses the categories of strain that families caring for mentally ill relatives experience, and presents four models for the study of caregiver burden.