Caregiving for mental health service users: A study exploring the perceptions of mental health service users and their caregivers in Cape Town, South Africa

Goodman Sibeko, Peter D Milligan, Henk Temmingh, Crick Lund, Dan J Stein and Sumaya Mall

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2016, vol. 62, issue 6, 512-521

Abstract: Background: Our study explores perceptions of the caregiver support for mental health service users (MHSUs) in a low- to middle-income country setting. Materials: We conducted in-depth individual interviews with 16 MHSUs and their treatment partners/caregivers from a treatment partner and text-message intervention study. Discussion: Treatment partners/caregivers felt obligated to care for MHSUs, but had a limited understanding of mental illness. They found supporting adherence to treatment difficult due to a number of factors including violence, food insecurity and substance abuse. Conclusion: Socioeconomic and environmental factors affecting the lives of MHSUs have impact on caregiver relationships with MHSUs in their care.

Keywords: Mental health; caregiving; caregiver; treatment partner; adherence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764016651458

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