Abstract
In an era of limited resources for mental health care, family interventions need to target areas where they are responsive to families' expressed needs. Although family burden has been documented, less is known about the areas of concern that families feel they need direct assistance with, to be effective caregivers. Telephone interviews were conducted with 30 family members of mentally ill relatives. Burden, sense of mastery, and contexts of caregiving were assessed. Open-ended questions elicited further understandings of caregiving concerns. The most frequently identified burden was "worry about the future." The greatest concern was "dealing with sadness and grief." Recommendations for assessing family concerns are presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 41-51 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Archives of psychiatric nursing |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Phychiatric Mental Health