The Burden of Care: Psychosocial Experiences and Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Persons with Mental Illness in Ghana

Dadson, Deborah Awusuah; Annor, Francis; Yendork, Joana Salifu

doi:10.1080/01612840.2018.1496208

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“…48 Dadson et al had investigated the experiences and coping strategies of psychiatric nurses and family caregivers. 58 Regarding the stigmatizing experiences, the family members experienced it from the public, especially their neighbors, whereas the psychiatric nurses experienced it from their fellow health workers. While psychiatric nurses adopted humor as a coping strategy, family members resorted to emotion-focused coping strategies.…”

Section: Stigma Experienced By Caregivers O F Patients W I T H Psychiatric Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While psychiatric nurses adopted humor as a coping strategy, family members resorted to emotion-focused coping strategies. 58 Psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts among caregivers of people with mental disorders have been demonstrated by various studies. 15,52,59 Multiple factors including poor knowledge about mental illness, supernatural beliefs about mental illness, chronicity, financial difficulties, and inadequate mental health services contribute toward caregiver stigma.…”

Section: Stigma Experienced By Caregivers O F Patients W I T H Psychiatric Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…111 Specific educational programs need to be implemented to reduce the public stigma toward the caregivers. 48,58 Involvement of caregivers in antistigma initiatives has been suggested as one of the best practices to fight stigma. 112 Providing counseling services and psychoeducation about managing stigmatizing experiences and adopting healthier coping strategies are the proposed methods to combat caregiver stigma.…”

Section: Need F O R Implementing Antistigma Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stigma Experienced by People with Severe Mental Disorders and their Caregivers: A Narrative Review

Balasundaram¹,

Chandrasekaran²

2019

Annals of SBV

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The word 'stigma' means a form of disgrace associated with a particular situation or person. Stigma has a significant detrimental effect on access to mental health care. It is wellknown that people with mental illness and their families experience stigma and discrimination. Studying stigma can aid in planning appropriate anti-stigma programs for patients, family members and for the community. A narrative literature review of research publications on stigma experienced by people with severe mental disorders and their caregivers was conducted by searching PubMed, ProQuest and Google Scholar databases. Both original research and review articles were included. A total of 114 papers were included. All papers presented some information regarding the various aspects of stigma and its impact among persons with mental illness and their caregivers. The level of intensity of stigma among mentally ill individuals and their caregivers ranges from moderate to high, and is greatly influenced by various sociodemographic and illness variables. Research literature implies the need for the alleviation of stigma to improve the overall mental health of the community.

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Section: Stigma Experienced By Caregivers O F Patients W I T H Psychiatric Illnessmentioning

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Section: Stigma Experienced By Caregivers O F Patients W I T H Psychiatric Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stigma Experienced by People with Severe Mental Disorders and their Caregivers: A Narrative Review

Balasundaram¹,

Chandrasekaran²

2019

Annals of SBV

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“…Although the incidence of schizophrenia is relatively low (median prevalence 15.2 per 100,000 persons per year), it is a high contributor to the total global disease burden [2]. The World Health Organization estimates that the mental illness burden will account for a quarter of the total burden of disease in 2020 [3]. Schizophrenia ranks seventh in the contribution to the nonfatal global burden of disease [4], and persons living with schizophrenia have a disability rate that ranks in the top 10 in the world [5].…”

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Correlation Analysis of the Quality of Family Functioning and Subjective Quality of Life in Rehabilitation Patients Living with Schizophrenia in the Community

Fan

Zhao

Zhu

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Background: Recently, the community rehabilitation model for schizophrenia patients has become increasingly popular, and the Shanghai Pudong New Area has developed a relatively complete community rehabilitation model. This study analyzed the correlation between family function and subjective quality of life in the rehabilitation of patients living with schizophrenia in the community. Methods: This study evaluated persons living with schizophrenia using the Family Assessment Device and the Subjective Quality of Life Scale. A convenient sampling method was used to select 281 rehabilitation patients living with schizophrenia in the community and 166 hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia. Results: There was a significant difference in the Family Assessment Device scores between rehabilitation patients living with schizophrenia in the community and hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia (p < 0.0001). The difference in the scores of the subjective quality of life assessment between rehabilitation patients living with schizophrenia in the community and hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). The regression analysis showed that quality of family function had a significant effect on the subjective quality of life in rehabilitation patients living with schizophrenia in the community and hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia. (F = 10.770 p < 0.001), (F = 2.960 p < 0.01). Conclusions: The quality of family function plays an important role in improving the subjective quality of life in rehabilitation patients living with schizophrenia in the community. It may be beneficial to add some methods to improve family function in the current model of rehabilitation in the community.

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“…Family members and caregivers are also impacted by their poor knowledge about mental disorders, which negatively affects the quality of informal care provided (Mehrotra, Nautiyal, & Raguram, 2018), mental health of the caregiver (Dadson, Annor, & Salifu Yendork, 2018), professional help‐seeking (McCann, Lubman, & Clark, 2011), and caregiver burden (Ganguly, Chadda, & Singh, 2010). Interventions aimed at improving MHL can result in improved knowledge about, and favourable attitudes towards, people with mental disorders.…”

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Qualitative process evaluation of a problem‐solving and Story‐bridge based mental health literacy program with community leaders in Ghana

Arthur

Boardman

McCann

2020

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Improved knowledge about, and positive attitudes towards, people with mental illness could lead to improved support and decreased stigma for people with mental illness, including their families and carers. The aims of our study were to evaluate the perspectives of community leaders about the usefulness of a cluster randomized trial of a problem‐solving and Story‐bridge based mental health literacy (MHL) programme and to understand whether they utilized the knowledge acquired from the programme in their usual interactions with people with mental illness and their families. Twenty‐five participants were sampled randomly from the intervention cluster of the trial to participate in a qualitative process evaluation, and individual interviews were used to collect data. A thematic analysis of the data was undertaken. Three themes were abstracted from the data, reflecting participants’ perspectives about the usefulness of the programme: overcoming fear of perceived dangerousness, increasing willingness to engage, and becoming empathetic and non‐judgemental. This qualitative process evaluation offers insights into how a problem‐solving and Story‐bridge based MHL programme to a targeted group could lead to real and supportive actions/attitudes to people with mental illness. The findings have clinical relevance for a collaboration among family members and caregivers, community leaders and community psychiatric nurses, and other primary healthcare workers to develop community MHL strategies to improve the quality of care, support and life of people with mental disorders.

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The Burden of Care: Psychosocial Experiences and Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Persons with Mental Illness in Ghana

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Stigma Experienced by People with Severe Mental Disorders and their Caregivers: A Narrative Review

Stigma Experienced by People with Severe Mental Disorders and their Caregivers: A Narrative Review

Correlation Analysis of the Quality of Family Functioning and Subjective Quality of Life in Rehabilitation Patients Living with Schizophrenia in the Community

Qualitative process evaluation of a problem‐solving and Story‐bridge based mental health literacy program with community leaders in Ghana

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