TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Caregiving for mental health service users: a study exploring the perceptions of mental health service users and their caregivers in Cape Town, South Africa
JO  - International journal of social psychiatry
A1  - Sibeko, Goodman
A1  - Milligan, Peter D.
A1  - Temmingh, Henk
A1  - Lund, Crick
A1  - Stein, Dan J.
A1  - Mall, Sumaya
SP  - 512
EP  - 521
VL  - 62
IS  - 6
N2  - 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. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Socioeconomic and environmental factors affecting the lives of MHSUs have impact on caregiver relationships with MHSUs in their care.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-7640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764016651458
ID  - ref1
ER  -