Barriers to Family Caregivers’ Coping With Patients With Severe Mental Illness in Iran
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Ebrahimi, HosseinSeyedfatemi, Naeimeh
Namdar Areshtanab, Hossein
Ranjbar, Fatemeh
Thornicroft, Graham
Rahmani, Farnaz

Whitehead, Bill

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2018-02-24
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The broad spectrum of problems caused by caring for a patient with mental illness imposes a high burden on family caregivers. This can affect how they cope with their mentally ill family members. Identifying caregivers’ experiences of barriers to coping is necessary to develop a program to help them overcome these challenges. This qualitative content analysis study explored barriers impeding family caregivers’ ability to cope with their relatives diagnosed with severe mental illness (defined here as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, and bipolar affective disorders). Sixteen family caregivers were recruited using purposive sampling and interviewed using a semi-structured in-depth interview method. Data were analyzed by a conventional content analytic approach. Findings consisted of four major categories: the patient’s isolation from everyday life, incomplete recovery, lack of support by the mental health care system, and stigmatization. Findings highlight the necessity of providing support for caregivers by the mental health care delivery service system.Citation
Ebrahimi, H. et al (2018) 'Barriers to Family Caregivers’ Coping With Patients With Severe Mental Illness in Ira', Qualitative Health Research, DOI: 10.1177/1049732318758644Journal
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10.1177/1049732318758644Additional Links
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049732318758644https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1049732318758644
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