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Voices unheard: exploring the caregiver experience for caregivers of emerging adults with mental illness
- Authors:
- MILLER Kirsty, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 98(4), 2017, pp.310--18..
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The purpose of this study was to obtain perspectives from caregivers of emerging adults (ages 16–25) who were accessing mental health care services. Using constructivist grounded theory, nine caregivers participated in focus groups or individual interviews. Results suggest that caregivers' experiences centred on three areas: the emotions that they experienced (having frustration, feeling burdened, not being helped, and perceiving a lack of options), the actions that they took in their caregiver role (care facilitation and advocacy), and the external forces that perpetuated negative emotions and adversely impacted caregiver ability to facilitate and advocate (crisis-driven system, wait times, and substance misuse). Findings illustrate the impact of external forces on caregiver feelings and actions, reflecting a system that perpetuates the cycle of wait times and helplessness. (Publisher abstract)
Homeless persons with mental illness and their families: emerging issues from clinical work
- Authors:
- FISK Deborah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 81(4), 2000, pp.351-359.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The authors draw on their clinical work with homeless persons with mental illness to outline three family-related issues that seem common to many homeless persons with mental illness: (a) conflict or structural changes in the family that may increase individuals risk of homelessness; (b) the emotional connection individuals' have to their families, and the relationship between this connection and their homelessness; and (c) the ways in which individuals relationships with their families, influence their transition from homelessness to independent living. The authors explore these issues and give case examples. The authors recommend that clinicians and case managers in homeless outreach projects offer a family-focused clinical treatment approach, regardless of the current level of contact that clients have with their families. Finally, the authors offer practice principles for homeless outreach projects that provide clinical and case-management services to this population, and explore the implications of these clinical findings for practice in other settings.
Methods for reducing alcohol and drug related family harm in non-specialist settings
- Authors:
- COPPELLO Alex, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(3), June 2000, pp.329-343.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Relatives and those living close to people with alcohol and drug problems experience significant stress which often manifests itself in terms of physical and psychological symptoms. The present paper describes a brief 5- step intervention that has been used and tested with relatives of alcohol and drug users in the primary care setting. The intervention is based on the stress-coping -health model and has been developed from previous research. The steps of the intervention are described including strategies for exploring three key areas: the stress experienced by relatives, their coping responses and the social support available to them. Each step is described in some detail together with information as to how to apply it. Finally, case example are presented illustrating the intervention. It is argued that this approach offers a useful way of understanding and working with families and concerned others experiencing addiction related problems.
The health of children in foster care
- Authors:
- BILAVER Lucy A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 73(3), September 1999, pp.401-417.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Reports on and American study which compares the health service use and the prevalence of reported conditions among three groups of Medicaid-eligible Illinois children: those receiving Aid to Families the Dependent Children (AFDC), who do not enter foster care, those receiving AFDC who subsequently enter foster care, and children in foster care. Results found that the two groups of children receiving AFDC differed in their health service use and reported conditions. Once in foster care children used more health services than children receiving AFDC. Children in kinship foster care also had similar patterns of service use and reported conditions.
Empowering children and families
- Author:
- HAYDEN Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Family Policy, Autumn 1998, p.8.
Describes how a GP-led counselling service is helping children and young people deal with problems at home and school.
Adults with learning disabilities: a practical approach for health professionals
- Editors:
- O'HARA Jean, SPERLINGER Anthea
- Publisher:
- John Wiley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 255p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Contains chapters on: family aspects; personal perspectives on learning difficulties; communication; a general practice perspective; challenging needs and problematic behaviour; mental health needs; practical support for parents with learning difficulties; cultural issues; vulnerability issues; consent issues; and multidisciplinary and multiagency approaches. Part two consists of checklists, including: GPs assessment and examination; parenting assessment; hospital; prescribing medication; epilepsy in adults with learning difficulties; challenging needs and problematic behaviour; psychiatric assessment; the Mental Health Act; and vulnerability, exploitation and sexuality.
Unit costs of community care 1997
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DENNETT Jane, comps
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 128p.,tables.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Fifth volume in a series of reports aiming to improve unit cost estimates for community care over a period of time, drawing on material as it becomes available. Includes sections on services for: older people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; children and their families; and people with HIV/AIDS. Also contains chapters on: generic services; and hospital services.
Barriers to an alliance between family and professional caregivers in chronic schizophrenia
- Authors:
- WINEFIELD Helen R., BURNETT Peter L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 5(3), July 1996, pp.223-232.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Informal caregiving by relatives is an important component of the daily environment for many sufferers from chronic mental illness. This paper considers some possible reasons for the uncomfortable relations which often seem to occur between the family and the professional caregivers. Some of the barriers to an effective therapeutic alliance may be system-wide inadequacies in resources for an area of health care which is still somewhat stigmatised. However, other barriers seem to be attitudinal in nature. Proposes several ways in which the mental health professionals and family caregivers may work together more constructively as co-therapists.
Unit costs of community care 1995
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DENNETT Jane, comps
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 144p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
3rd in a series of reports from a project which aims to improve unit cost estimates for community care over time. Includes sections on services for: older people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; children and families; and people with AIDS/HIV. Also includes a chapter on generic services.
Innovations in health care practice
- Editors:
- McNEILL John S., WEINSTEIN Stanley E.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 144p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Silver Spring, MD
Mental health issues and Afro-American women; rural social work; marital couples in transition and conflict; adult survivors of child sexual abuse; expanding the role of families of the mentally ill.