Resilience in Family Members of Persons with Serious Mental Illness

Resilience in family members of persons with serious mental illness.

This integrative review summarizes current research on resilience in adult family members who have a relative with a diagnosed mental disorder that is considered serious. Within the context of resilience theory, studies identifying risk/vulnerability and positive/protective factors in family members are summarized, and studies examining seven indicators of resilience, including acceptance, hard...

Weight loss in persons with serious mental illness

Weight loss in persons with serious mental illness" (2013).

Therapists' contacts with family members of persons with severe mental illness in a community treatment program.

Thirty-six therapists at an urban community mental health center responded to a survey about contacts with family members of 214 clients with serious mental illness. For 61 percent of the clients, the therapists reported at least one past-year contact with a family member or someone acting as a family member. Contacts were typically by telephone and often took place during crises. The focus was...

Weight loss in persons with serious mental illness.

Improving the Health of Persons With Serious Mental Illness.

Funding/Support:DrMangurian is supported by Career Development Award K23MH093689 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by the UCSF (University of California, San Francisco) Hellman Fellows Award for Early-Career Faculty, and by UCSF–Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UCSF-CTSI) grant UL1 TR000004 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH. Ms C...