Caring for the mentally ill

The Family Challenge of Caring for the Chronically Mentally Ill: A Phenomenological Study

BACKGROUND Family caregiving for patients with chronic mental illness is influenced by various factors such as political, socioeconomic, and cultural contexts as well as related policies and health services. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges with which the family caregivers of patients with chronic mental illness have to contend. MATERIALS AND METHODS The re...

Feeling “overloaded” and “shortcomings”: milieu therapists’ experiences of vulnerability in caring for severely mentally ill patients

BACKGROUND Milieu therapists' relationships with patients with severe mental illnesses are viewed as challenging. Elucidating vulnerability from their perspective in daily face-to-face encounters with patients might contribute to extending our knowledge about milieu therapists' vulnerability and the dynamics of the interaction between patients in mental health services and expertise in building...

Involuntary treatment for the homeless mentally ill.

Community care for the chronically mentally ill.

This article has presented the background, history, examples, and analyses of community care programs for the chronically mentally ill. From these data, it is concluded that such programs are as if not more effective an cost-efficient than conventional inpatient programs plus conventional follow-up for this population. The future, however, may depend much more on current political and economic ...

Social security benefits for the mentally ill.

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