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Beliefs, Suffering, and Healing: A Clinical Practice Model for Families Experiencing Mental Illness
Author(s) -
Marshall Amy,
Bell Janice M.,
Moules Nancy J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00259.x
Subject(s) - mental illness , wright , psychology , mental health , family member , psychotherapist , psychiatry , nursing , medicine , family medicine , art , art history
PURPOSE. Mental illness often changes families' lives and relationships forever. A Family Systems Nursing framework is proposed for working collaboratively with families. CONCLUSIONS. The Illness Beliefs Model (Wright & Bell, 2009) offers clinicians ways to target illness beliefs that may perpetuate or, alternatively, soften suffering. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. We have learned from families that it is often not the family member with the illness who is suffering most, but rather, other family members. The complexity of “relational suffering” challenges mental health nurses to acquire knowledge and skills to work with families to soften physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual suffering.