BACKGROUND Previous studies have assessed family quality of life in individual disease areas and specialties. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of disease on family members of patients over a wide range of specialties and identify key impact areas. This information is essential in order to reveal the extent of this impact and to allow strategies to be developed to support the ...

Pediatricians and other primary care clinicians* caring for children traditionally have focused their attention on meeting the health care needs of individual children they see in their offices and clinics. However, effective care of the growing number of children and familieswho are experiencing chronic medical and mental disorders will also require a “population” healthperspective.Manypolicy ...

Pediatricians and other primary care clinicians* caring for children traditionally have focused their attention on meeting the health care needs of individual children they see in their offices and clinics. However, effective care of the growing number of children and familieswho are experiencing chronic medical and mental disorders will also require a “population” healthperspective.Manypolicy ...

Pediatricians and other primary care clinicians* caring for children traditionally have focused their attention on meeting the health care needs of individual children they see in their offices and clinics. However, effective care of the growing number of children and familieswho are experiencing chronic medical and mental disorders will also require a “population” healthperspective.Manypolicy ...

Pediatricians and other primary care clinicians* caring for children traditionally have focused their attention on meeting the health care needs of individual children they see in their offices and clinics. However, effective care of the growing number of children and familieswho are experiencing chronic medical and mental disorders will also require a “population” healthperspective.Manypolicy ...

who died in September 2000. who died in September 2000. Channi was a key figure in the develop-Channi was a key figure in the development of perinatal psychiatry as a specialty, ment of perinatal psychiatry as a specialty, and his research into the causes, conse-and his research into the causes, consequences and treatment of postnatal mental quences and treatment of postnatal mental illness gai...

Mental illnesses affect roughly 20 percent of the US population. Like other health conditions, mental impose costs on individuals; they also generate that extend to family members and larger society. Care for has evolved quite differently from rest care sector. While medical in general seen major advances technology treatment this not been case same extent illnesses. Relative illnesses, cost gr...