Aims. The aim of this study is to examine nurses' view of the family in psychiatric care.
Background. The families of people who are mentally ill carry a heavy burden. Research has …

Accessible summary• The attitude that psychiatric nurses have towards the importance of
involving families in their care is fundamental to the quality of the intervention family …

Treatment under the traditional medical model has largely ignored the family's knowledge,
expertise and potential therapeutic effects on hospitalized mentally ill people. This paper …

Family plays an important role in the care provided for patients in all areas of nursing.
However, relatively few studies deal with the focus of the present study: the ways that nurses …

Accessible summary• The importance of involving family members in the care of individuals
with schizophrenia or other psychotic illnesses has received increasing attention within …

Objective The aim of this study was to describe the experience of contact with formal
psychiatric care, as narrated by family members of a person suffering from mental illness …

The aim of this study was to gain information about registered and practical mental health
nurses' activities concerning support network of families affected by parental mental illness …

The aim of this pilot study was to find out how families experience the hospitalization of one
family member and to chart the participation of the family in the treatment of the hospitalized …

Accessible summary• The results contribute knowledge of family member's (from a large
geographic area) experiences of psychiatric healthcare professionals' approach towards …

Purpose: To identify barriers to family care in psychiatric settings and to describe family and
provider perspectives about what constitutes effective family care. Design and Methods: A …