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Gubman, Gayle D.; Tessler, Richard C. – Journal of Family Issues, 1987
Mental illness has far-reaching effects on other family members although family impact of mental illness has not received much attention from sociologists. Applies an illness behavior perspective to the study of family burden, reviews knowledge, and invites research by defining a number of issues, substantive and methodological, that need to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Coping, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Influence