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The burden of sympathy: how families cope with mental illness
- Author:
- KARP David A
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 411p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This book examines the experiences of families who care for someone with mental health problems. In seven chapters: illness and obligation; bearing responsibility; managing emotions; family ties; the four Cs (the theories care gives construct as they try to understand mental illness and formulate their own role in helping a loved one); surviving the system; and caring in post modern America.
Research into the Mental Health Act: a qualitative study of the views of those using or affected by it
- Authors:
- MARRIOTT Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(1), February 2001, pp.33-39.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The study investigates opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of Parts II and X of the Mental Health Act (1983) and those affected by it. The study covers those directly and commonly involved with the Act (mental health nurses; approved social workers; general psychiatrists; MHA administrators; service users; their carers); those less directly affected (hospital managers; lawyers; general practitioners; policy makers; police surgeons and liaison officers; specialist psychiatrists); and organisations representing Groups 1 and 2. A range of qualitative research methods were used to gather data. The findings provide a valuable insight into views about how existing legislation is applied in practice. They suggest that a review of criteria and procedures for commitment is needed. More effective implementation of legislative policies and the reconfiguration of resources to support them are also needed.
'He's' not my carer- he's my husband': personal and policy constructions of care in mental health
- Author:
- HENDERSON Jeanette
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 15(2), November 2001, pp.149-159.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The construction of 'care' in the professional and UK legislative and policy arenas has been the focus of much interest in recent years. A growing awareness of the needs of 'carers' in their own rights and a recognition of the conflicting needs of 'carers and users of services informs practice in health and social care where discourses of care focus on 'care' as duty, burden and responsibility. This article seeks to locate individual experiences of 'care' in mental health alongside the construction of 'care' in mental health policy and legislation with in the UK. It draws both on preliminary research with couples, and an analysis of the development of 'care' in policy and law. This dual analysis indicates that, while practitioners in health and social care recognise the needs of people who consider themselves to be 'carers', not all people subscribe to the identity of 'carer' or 'cared for' in their relationship.