Mothers Alone and Supporting Chronically Mentally Ill Adult Children
作者:
BelcherJohnR,
期刊:
Women&Health
(Taylor Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 2
页码: 61-80
ISSN:0363-0242
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1300/J013v14n02_05
出版商: Taylor&Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Increasingly, state hospitals are discharging large numbers of patients to their families and a significant number of these patients are severely mentally ill. The burden upon mothers who live alone and have to care for chronically mentally ill adult children is the focus of this paper. The author explores this phenomenon through the use of a qualitative research methodology to better capture the problems and struggles ion these caretaking arrangements. Increased stress is found to contribute to a greater vulnerability to illness for the mother. Interventions are suggested which would reduce this burden and contribute towards a more healthy environment for the mother.
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