'Nobody can help me...I am living through it alone': Experiences of caring for people diagnosed with mental illness in ethno-cultural and linguistic minority communities

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-135

  Kokanovic, Renata ^a   Petersen, Alan ^b   Klimidis, Steven ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Ethno cultural and linguistic minority communities; Mental illness; Support services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXHAUSTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT GROUP; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646136240     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-8521-0     Document Type: Article

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