Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

by Harriet P. Lefley

Book Overview

With the trend of deinstitutionalization, family members are finding themselves increasingly in the position of primary caregivers to mentally ill adults - a role for which they are often untrained and unprepared. This volume explores the experiences of these caregivers.

The author: discusses the characteristics and conceptual models related to mental illness; surveys the experience of mental illness in the context of the family life cycle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803957211
• ISBN13: 9780803957213
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.5"