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Author Lefley, Harriet P.

Title Family caregiving in mental illness / Harriet P. Lefley
Published Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [1996]
©1996

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Description x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Family caregiver applications series ; v. 7
Family caregiver applications series ; v. 7
Contents 1. Mental Illness and Caregiving Needs: An Introduction -- 2. Historical Overview of Family Caregiving -- 3. Defining Mental Illness: Historical and Cultural Influences -- 4. Conceptual Models of Mental Illness -- 5. Research on Family Theories -- 6. Caregiver Stress and Dimensions of Family Burden -- 7. Caregiving During the Family Life Cycle: The Life Cycle of the Person With Mental Illness -- 8. Caregiving During the Family Life Cycle: The Life Cycle of the Caregivers -- 9. Families' Coping Strategies -- 10. Services for Families -- 11. Cross-Cultural Issues in Family Caregiving -- 12. The Effects of Advocacy Movements on Caregivers -- 13. Patients' Rights Versus Treatment Needs: The Family Dilemma -- 14. Social Change, Mental Health Policy, and Future Directions
Analysis Mentally disordered persons Care
Notes "Published in cooperation with the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index
Subject Caregivers.
Mentally ill -- Home care -- Social aspects.
Mentally ill -- Family relationships.
Mentally ill -- Home care.
Author Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Case Western Reserve University)
LC no. 95041722
ISBN 0803957203 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803957211 (paperback: acid-free paper)