Family caregiving in mental illness /

Lefley, Harriet P.

Family caregiving in mental illness / Harriet P. Lefley - Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, c1996. - x, 261 p.: ill.; 23 cm. - Family caregiver applications series; v. 7 .

"Published in cooperation with the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University."

Mental illness and caregiving needs: an introduction -- Historical overview of family caregiving -- Defining mental illness: historical and cultural influences -- Conceptual models of mental illness -- Research on family theories -- Caregiver stress and dimensions of family burden -- Caregiving during the family life cycle - I. The life cycle of the person with mental illness -- Caregiving during the family life cycle - II. The life cycle of the caregivers -- Families' coping strategies -- Services for families -- Cross-cultural issues in family caregiving -- The effects of advocacy movements on caregivers -- Patients' rights versus treatment needs: the family dilemma -- Social change, mental health policy, and future directions

0803957203 (cloth: alk. paper) 0803957211 (pbk.: acidfree paper)

362.2042 / LEF/F
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