In sickness and in health: The experiences of friends and relatives caring for people with manic depression

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 611-620

  Hill, Robert G ^b   Shepherd, Geoff ^a   Hardy, Pollyanna ^a  

^a SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF HELP;

EID: 0032415021     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638239817761     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Anderson, C.M., Hogarty, G., Bayer, T. & Needleman, R. (1984). Expressed emotion and social networks of parents of schizophrenic patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 144, 247-255.
2. Atkinson, J.M. & Coia, D.A. (1995). Families Coping with Schizophrenia: A practitioner's guide to family groups. Chichester: Wiley.
3. Barrowclough, C. & Tarrier, N. (1992). Families of Schizophrenic Patients. Cognitive Behavioural Intervention. London: Chapman and Hall.
4. Clayton, P.J. (1981). The epidemiology of bipolar affective disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 22, 31-41.
5. Creer, C., Sturt, E. & Wykes, T. (1982). The role of relatives. In J.K. Wing (Ed), Long-term Communitv Care: Experience in a London borough. Psychological Medicine, Monograph Suppl. 2.
6. Fadden, G., Bebbington, P. & Kuipers, L. (1987). Caring and its burdens: A study of the spouses of depressed patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 660-667.
7. General Household Survey 1990 (1992). London: HMSO.
8. Goodwin, F.K. & Jamison, K.R. (1990). Manic-Depressive Illness. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Grad, J. & Sainsbury, P. (1963a). Evaluating a community care service. In H. Freeman & J. Farndale (Eds.), Trends in Mental Health Services. Oxford: Pergamon.
10. Grad, J. & Sainsbury, P. (1963b). Mental illness and the family. Lancet, i, 544-547.
11. Hatfield, A.B. (1990). Family Education in Mental Illness. New York: Guilford Press.
12. Hawton, K. (1992). Suicide and attempted suicide. In E.S. Paykel (Ed), Handbook of Affective Disorders, 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
13. Hill, R.G., Hardy, P. & Shepherd, G. (1995). Perspectives on Manic Depression: A survey of the Manic Depression Fellowship. London: The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
14. Hogman, G. & Pearson, G. (1995). The Silent Partners: The needs and experiences of people who provide informal care to people with a severe mental illness. London: National Schizophrenic Fellowship.
15. Hooley, J.M., Orley, J.A. & Teasdale, J. (1986). Levels of expressed emotion and relapse in depressed patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 642-647.
16. Kuipers, L. & Bebbington, P. (1985). Relatives as a resource in the management of functional illness. British Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 465-470.
17. Kuipers, L. (1987). Depression and the family. In J. Orford (Ed), Coping with Disorder in the Family. London: Croom-Helm.
18. Leff, J.P., Kuipers, L., Berkowitz, R., Eberlein-Fries, R. & Sturgeon, D. (1982). A controlled trial of social intervention in schizophrenic families. British Journal of Psychiatry, 141, 121-134
19. Leff, J.P., Kuipers, L., Berkowitz, R., Vaughn, C.E. & Sturgeon, D. (1983). Life events, relatives' Expressed Emotion and maintenance neuroleptics in schizophrenic relapse. Psychological Medicine, 13, 799-806.
20. Leff, J.P. & Vaughn, C. (1985). Expressed Emotion in Families. Its significance for mental illness. New York: Guilford Press.
21. Lish, J.D., Dime-Meenan, S., Whybrow, P.C., Arlen Price, R. & Hirschfeld, R.M.A. (1994). The National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (DMDA) survey of bipolar members. Journal of Affective Disorders, 31, 281-294.
22. The Mental Health Foundation (1993). Mental Illness: The fundamental facts. London: The Mental Health Foundation.
23. MacCarthy, B., Lesage, A., Brewin, C.R., Brugha, T., Mangen, S. & Wing, J.K. (1989). Needs for care among the relatives of long-term users of day care: A report from the Camberwell High Contact Study. Psychological Medicine, 19, 725-736.
24. Perry, A., Tarrier, N. & Morriss, R. (1995). Identification of prodromal signs and symptoms and early intervention in manic depressive psychosis patients: A case example. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 399-409
25. Platt, S. (1985). Measuring the burden of psychiatric illness on the family: An evaluation of some rating scales. Psychological Medicine, 15, 383-393.
26. Shepherd, G., Murray, A. & Muijen, M. (1995) Perspectives on schizophrenia: A survey of user, family, carer and professional views regarding effective care. Journal of Mental Health, 4, 403-422.
27. Smith, J.V. & Birchwood, M. (1987). Specific and nonspecific effects of educational interventions with families of schizophrenic patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 645-652.
28. Smith, J.V. & Birchwood, M. (1990). Relatives and patients as partners in the management of schizophrenia: The development of a service model. British Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 654-660.
29. Vaughn, C.E. (1989). Expressed emotion in family relationships. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 30, 13-22.
30. Yarrow, M., Schwartz, C.G., Murphy, H.S. & Deasy, L.C. (1955). The psychological meaning of mental illness in the family. Journal of Social Issues, 11, 12-24.