The psychosocial problems of families caring for relatives with mental illnesses and their coping strategies: A qualitative urban based study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Iseselo, Masunga K ^a   Kajula, Lusajo ^a   Yahya Malima, Khadija I ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Mental illness; Psychosocial problems; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE DURATION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; FAMILY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85007448365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0857-y     Document Type: Article

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