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Needs for care among the relatives of long-term users of day care: A report from the Camberwell High Contact Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

B. MacCarthy ,
A. Lesage ,
C. R. Brewin ,
T. S. Brugha ,
S. Mangen  and
J. K. Wing
B. MacCarthy*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Hopital Louis-H Lafontaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester; Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
A. Lesage
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Hopital Louis-H Lafontaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester; Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
C. R. Brewin
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Hopital Louis-H Lafontaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester; Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
T. S. Brugha
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Hopital Louis-H Lafontaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester; Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
S. Mangen
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Hopital Louis-H Lafontaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester; Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
J. K. Wing
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Hopital Louis-H Lafontaine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Leicester; Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr B. MacCarthy, Academic Unit, St Bernard's Wing, Ealing Hospital, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex, UBI 3EU.
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Synopsis

We report the results of a survey of the burdens and needs for items of care of 45 supporters of long-term users of psychiatric day care facilities in Camberwell. The supporters reported high levels of disturbed behaviour and low levels of self-care skills in the attenders. They were also subject to high levels of social and economic burden, not all of which could be attributed to the attenders' problems. The needs assessment identified a large number of unmet needs, although the supporters themselves were largely resigned to their situation and expressed little dissatisfaction with the services they were offered. The advantage of conducting this kind of assessment of supporters' needs as a routine part of clinical practice was discussed.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 725 - 736
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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