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Giving Care to Men and Women with Mental Illness

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  • N. Janardhana

    (Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. E-mail: janardhannimhans@gmail.com)

  • R. Shravya

    (ex-Programme Officer at Basic Needs India, Bangalore, India. E-mail: shravya.raghunand@gmail.com)

  • D.M. Naidu

    (Practitioner at Basic Needs India, Bangalore, India.)

  • L. Saraswathy

    (Practitioner at Basic Needs India, Bangalore, India. E-mail: lssarswathi@dataone.in)

  • Valli Seshan

    (Basic Needs India, Bangalore, India. E-mail: seshan.valli@gmail.com)

Abstract

Caregivers are a largely understudied, unsung population who shoulder many of the social and psychological costs of mental illness. This study examines the load of caregiving during symptomatic and stabilised phases of the mentally ill and the various ways in which family members adapt themselves to give care. Drawing its data from 200 families with mental illness in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the study diffuses the notion of care as physical, medical, psychological and social. The article focuses on how the gender of the affected person affects caregiving and underlines the indispensability of the family. Used to giving credit for any improvement to doctors and medicines, the study records the incredulous gratitude of caregivers at being acknowledged for the work they do, providing a boost to the morale of tired, unacknowledged caregivers.

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  • N. Janardhana & R. Shravya & D.M. Naidu & L. Saraswathy & Valli Seshan, 2011. "Giving Care to Men and Women with Mental Illness," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 18(3), pages 405-424, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indgen:v:18:y:2011:i:3:p:405-424
    DOI: 10.1177/097152151101800306
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    1. Mary V Seeman, 2013. "Bad, burdened or ill? Characterizing the spouses of women with schizophrenia," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 59(8), pages 805-810, December.

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