Personal tragedy or system failure: A qualitative analysis of narratives of caregivers of people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong and Taiwan

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-423

  Chiu, Marcus Yu Lung ^a   Wei, Grace Fang Wan ^b   Lee, Sing ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HELPLESSNESS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NARRATIVE; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845496307     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006065155     Document Type: Article

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