Anxiety in community-based AIDS caregivers before and after personal construct counseling
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A study of the impact of personal construct counseling on community-based AIDS caregivers shows that the effect of counseling is short term. Analysis shows that immediately after the counseling the levels of anxiety are low in counseled subjects and are high in noncounseled subjects. After 3 months the level of anxiety are equal in both counseled and noncounseled subjects.
Publication Name: Journal of Clinical Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9762
Year: 1995
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Changing health beliefs on causations of mental illness and their impacts on family burdens and the mental health of Chinese caregivers in Hong Kong
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A study to explore the various health beliefs held by Chinese caregivers who had relatives suffering from serious mental illnesses. The relationships among Chinese health beliefs, family burdens, and the mental health of Chinese caregivers are examined.
Publication Name: International Journal of Mental Health
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0020-7411
Year: 2003
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Notes From Namibia: Assessing Mental Illness in a Multcultural Developing Country
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The author examines the need for assessing cultural differences when providing psychiatric services in developing countries. Topics include belief systems, community standards, and local beliefs.
Publication Name: International Journal of Mental Health
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0020-7411
Year: 1999
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