Family adaptation to mental illness: Burden & resilience in caregiving

• Main Author: Santiago, Patricia Marie H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2006
• Subjects: Mental ill > Family relationships; Adjustment (Psychology); Mentally ill > Care; Adaptability (Psychology); Clinical Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3593; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/10431/viewcontent/CDTG004133_P__2_.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study documented the family's experience of adapting to the demands of caring for a mentally ill member. Family adaptation was explored using Pattersons (1998; 1995) Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response (FAAR) Model as its conceptual orientation. Both burden and resilience in caregivi...