Family caregiving in mental illness / Harriet P. Lefley

"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