Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2016

PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACTS OF PRIMARY CARE GIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS

Shijith . M. B, Lima Raj

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 Mental health problems are found in people of all ages, regions, countries and societies. People with mental disorders often cause severe distress among their family members and are overwhelmed by the patient’s symptoms. Many studies in developed countries have focused on burden encountered by family members with small attention to psychological impacts and coping skills when cå the patient, and few of these studies have been done in developing countries like India. It is expected that this burden is more severe in low income countries as it aggravated by poverty consequently families suffer psychologically and socially due to living with or cå for their relative or family member affected by mental illness. Here the researcher attempts to explore the psychosocial impacts of first degree relatives of a family cå a mentally ill patient and the way they coped with the cå situation

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Shijith .M. B, Lima Raj PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACTS OF PRIMARY CARE GIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS Global Journal For Research Analysis, Volume : 5 | Issue : 7|July 2016

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