In 2012, eight million Canadians provided care to family members or friends with a long-term
mental or physical health condition. In the context of mental health, the largest groups of …

Purpose: Families experience their own journey in adjusting to the role of carer. The
purpose of this review was to understand from the perspective of families and carers which …

Background Substantial and important benefits flow to all stakeholders, including the service
user, when mental health services meaningfully engage with carers and family members …

Welcome to the second issue of 2017. The papers in this issue cover the full spectrum of
mental health promotion, prevention and intervention which I trust will be of interest to you …

This article presents findings from an exploratory study to examine mental health social
workers' perspectives on factors that impede the implementation of family-centered care to …

Abstract Families commonly assume the role of providing care to their relatives with serious
mental illness in the community. Caring for someone with a serious mental illness can often …

Mental health is a fundamental aspect of social functioning which affects a significant portion
of the population. The movement toward deinstitutionalization became the core focus of …

The burden of caring for family members with mental illness has been researched
extensively; however, knowledge of spouse carers' experiences is limited. In this article, we …

Twenty siblings of chronically mentally ill people discussed their emotional responses to the
mental illness of their brother or sister. The findings were drawn from a study that was part of …

The issues that confront families when a parent experiences mental illness are complex.
This often means that multiple service systems must be engaged to meet families' needs …