The Challenges of Mental Health Caregiving

1. Introduction: Caregiving to Promote Mental Health and Prevent Mental Illness
Ronda C Talley, Gregory L Fricchione, Benjamin G Druss

Part I. Developmental Issues in Mental Health Caregiving

2. The Impact of Caregiving on Physical and Mental Health: Implications for Research, Practice, Education, and Policy
Diane L. Elmore

3. Cultural Considerations in Caring for Persons with Mental Illness
Brent E. Gibson

4. Chronic Illness and Primary Care: Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care
Susan Taylor-Brown, Tziporah Rosenberg, Susan H. McDaniel

Part II. The Mental Health Caregiving Context

5. Mental Illness Prevention and Promotion
William R. Beardslee, Tracy R.G. Gladstone

6. Systems of Caregiving: The Promotion of Positive Mental Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents
Patricia Stone Motes, Chaundrissa Oyeshiku Smith

7. Midlife Concerns and Caregiving Experiences: Intersecting Life Issues Affecting Mental Health
Jane E. Myers, Melanie C. Harper

Part III. Local, State, and National Issues Effecting Caregivers and Mental Health Caregiving

8. Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Implications for Family Caregivers and Health Care Professionals of the Mentally III
Sherry R. Schachter, Jimmie C. Holland

9. Caring for a Family Member with Mental Illness: Exploring Spirituality
Thomas R. Smith, Mary G. Milano

Part IV. Issues in Policy and Research

10. Caregiving and Mental Health: Policy Implications
Michael J. English, David Voursney, Kana Enomoto

11. Research in Caregiving
Elizabeth A. Crocco, Carl Eisdorfer

Part V. Conclusions

12. Mental Health Caregiving: A Call to Professional Providers, Family Caregivers, and Individuals with Mental Health Challenges
Donald Lollar, Ronda C. Talley

Nyckelord: Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Social Policy, Educational Policy and Politics