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Informal caregiving in schizophrenia: correlates and predictors of perceived rewards
- Authors:
- STANLEY Selwyn, BALAKRISHNAN Sujeetha
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 19(3), 2021, pp.230-247.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that has repercussions for the afflicted individual as well as the immediate family. While family caregiving entails enormous burden, it is also acknowledged that the experience may be perceived as being rewarding. This study seeks to understand key aspects of caregiving in terms of perceived rewards, the experience of hope, and the social support available to family caregivers. Standardized instruments to assess these variables were administered to primary caregivers of people with schizophrenia and a comparative group. It was seen that both hope, and perceived social support significantly predicted reward perception in the caregivers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Serious mental illness: a family affair
- Author:
- HOWE Gwen
- Publisher:
- Sheldon Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 160p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the emotional impact that serious mental illness (including schizophrenia and depression) can have on the family and gives pointers on practical issues such as getting the best from the system; coping in a crisis; legal matters; and meeting other practical needs.
Engaging the family of the schizophrenic client
- Author:
- WALSH Joseph
- Journal article citation:
- Social Casework, 70(2), February 1989, pp.106-113.
- Publisher:
- Alliance for Children and Families
Describes the preliminary task of persuading the family to become involved in treatment.
Aftercare treatment for schizophrenics living at home
- Authors:
- IODICE J.D., WODARSKI J.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 32(2), 1987, pp.122-128.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Review article concerned mainly with support for the families of schizophrenics.
Enhancement of health-giving family support versus treatment of family pathology
- Authors:
- FALLOON I.R.H., PEDERSON J., AL-KHAYYAL M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 8(4), 1986, pp.339-350.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Argues for family therapy methods which increase the coping abilities of families of schizophrenics.
Caregiver's burden, coping and psycho-education in Indian households with single- and multiple-affected members with schizophrenia
- Authors:
- CHAKRABORTY Satabdi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 15(2), 2013, pp.288-298.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is considerable evidence that family psycho-education combined with pharmacological intervention for patients with schizophrenia increases family understanding of the illness, reduces familial burden of care and improves patient outcomes. However, no studies have determined whether the burden of care is greater for those families with more than one ill member (multiplex), than for families with a single-affected individual (simplex), and whether psycho-educational programmes should be adapted to meet the specific needs of multiplex families. The study was conducted at a tertiary care postgraduate teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. Caregivers in simplex (N = 50) and multiplex families (N = 30) were compared with regard to levels of burden, coping and the impact of psycho-education on family functioning. All the caregiver participants attended eight bimonthly psycho-educational intervention sessions. They were assessed on the Burden Assessment Schedule (BAS) and the Coping Check List (CCL) before and after psycho-education. Caregivers from the multiplex families reported significantly more burden on two domains of the BAS, but there were no significant differences between the groups with regard to coping on the CCL. Following psycho-education, significant improvement occurred in the majority of domains of the BAS and the CCL; the effect sizes varied by domain and family type. Multiplex families face a greater burden of care compared with simplex families. Currently available psycho-education programmes are moderately effective for such families. (Publisher abstract)
Moving an evidence-based intervention into routine mental health care: a multifaceted case example
- Authors:
- RUFFOLO Mary C., CAPOBIANCO Jeff
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 51(1), January 2012, pp.77-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Many evidence-based interventions fail to translate into routine care for individuals experiencing significant mental health disorders. In the United States, the movement to bring evidence-based mental health interventions into the public mental health system to enhance consumer recovery and improve outcomes has been a major thrust of federal and state efforts over the past 10 years. This article describes one state's efforts to implement an evidence-based intervention, Family Group Psychoeducation (FPE), into routine care for individuals living with schizophrenia and their families. This multifaceted case example involved 11 regions in the state engaged in bringing FPE into routine care. Initially over 75% of the regions did not have an active focus on dissemination of evidence-based intervention. The article uses the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to guide the discussion of the implementation process. This CFIR framework involves examining 5 major domains: intervention characteristics; outer setting; inner setting; characteristics of the individuals involved; and the process of implementation. Using the CFIR framework is valuable in uncovering the multiple contexts that need to be addressed in bringing any evidence-based intervention to scale. The initial implementation was successful in getting regions to commit to the delivery of an evidence-based practice with fidelity; the next step is helping these regions continue to commit to the practice and minimise drift over time.
One in four
- Author:
- FORD Joy
- Publisher:
- Chipmunkapublishing
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 190p.
- Place of publication:
- Brentwood
'One In Four' uses a mixture of prose and poetry to tell the important and tragic story of a teenage boy who becomes seriously mentally ill, with paranoid schizophrenia, from a mother's point of view. It travels with her and her son through the quagmire of 'Care In The Community' and the problems of living on the cusp of two counties. This excellent narrative shows how people can slip through the net, leading, in this instance, to the death of a very much loved child, brother, and grandson. Joy's son did not want to die, it was the illness that killed him, aggravated by the neglect of the hospital he was in. The story travels through the effect this tragedy has had on the mother and the struggle she has coming to terms with the loss of her son. This is a wonderfully poignant, if emotionally involving book. A fitting memorial to Edward. About the Author I found writing this cathartic though upsetting at times. It brought back my troubled childhood, though I do not go into detail in my book, and a difficult twenty-five year marriage
A positive aspect of caregiving: the influence of social support on caregiving gains for family members of relatives with schizophrenia
- Authors:
- CHEN Fang-pei, GREENBERG Jan S.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(5), October 2004, pp.423-435.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study examines family members'' caregiving gains as a result of caring for their relatives with schizophrenic spectrum disorders, and the influence of formal and informal social support on these positive experiences. The results from interviews with 560 family members support that the experience of caregiving gains is prevalent. Moreover, formal support from mental health professionals through information sharing and collaborative interactions with family members, and informal support from other family members, support group participation, and contributions from the relative with mental illness all have significant, positive associations with family members' experiences of caregiving gains.
The ability of staff trained in family interventions to implement the approach in routine clinical practice
- Authors:
- BAILEY Rachel, BURBACH Frank R., LEA Susan J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 12(2), April 2003, pp.131-141.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Despite the proliferation of training programmes for Family Interventions (FI) in psychosis, there are many reported difficulties in the implementation of these approaches in routine clinical settings. The aim was to examine the effectiveness of a team-based multi-professional training programme in FI for psychosis. Fifteen therapists who had completed a 1-year Family Intervention training course (FIRST) designed to establish local FI services completed questionnaires used in previous studies and participated in focus groups. All FIRST trained staff continued to work with families following completion of training and most (80%) reported little difficulty in implementing the approach. Organisational issues such as availability of time and integration with caseload or other responsibilities at work were identified as the main cause of difficulty in working with families, whilst the key enabling factors were related to the structure of the FI service - co-working, supervision, multi-disciplinary teams and its flexible approach. FIRST trained staff experienced fewer difficulties in implementing FI in routine clinical practice than has been reported in previous studies.