Mental Illness and Families in Contemporary Hong Kong: an Ethnography of Mental Illness and Chinese Families in Hong Kong at the Time of Transition of Sovereignty

Caring for relatives with serious mental

Caring for relatives with serious mental illness at home: The experiences of family carers in Hong Kong

✍ Glendy S.H. Ip; Ann E. Mackenzie 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 656 KB

This article describes a study recently carried out in Hong Kong. The aim of the study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of Chinese family carers in giving care to a relative with serious mental illness at home. Eight primary carers were selected, and data were collected through audiot