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dc.contributor.authorWynaden, Dianne
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:35:41Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:35:41Z
dc.date.created2009-03-05T00:55:54Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationWynaden, Dianne. 2007. The experience of caring for a person with a mental illness: A grounded theory study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 16: pp. 381-389.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13238
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00493.x
dc.description.abstract

A substantive theory that explained the experience of caring for a person with a mental illness was developed using grounded theory methodology. When participants began caring, they were overwhelmed by the role and consumed by what was happening to the ill family member, to themselves, and to their family. This state was conceptualized as a social psychological problem called being consumed. In managing the experience of being consumed, all carers engaged in a social psychological process, call seeking balance. During this process, carers moved to a state where their commitment to the ill family member was more balanced and proportionate to other areas of their lives. The implications of this research include the need for increased collaboration between health professionals, policy makers, and carers along with the recognition that mental illness impacts on the individual, their family, and the community at many levels. The findings also provide health professionals with a valuable insight into caring. The need to decrease the stigma directed towards people with a mental illness is important to facilitate the person's integration into the community and sustain a cohesive level of family life. To support this, the general population requires increased education to be better prepared at a community level to effectively support the ill person and their family.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.relation.urihttp://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=1445-8330
dc.subjectprimary carer
dc.subjectbeing consumed
dc.subjectmental illness
dc.subjectseeking balance
dc.titleThe experience of caring for a person with a mental illness: A grounded theory study
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume16
dcterms.source.startPage381
dcterms.source.endPage389
dcterms.source.issn1445-8330
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing
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Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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curtin.facultySchool of Nursing and Midwifery
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences


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