Social science & medicine (1982)HumansSouth AfricaFemaleMalePsychotic Disorders
Between relief and estrangement: Family experiences of involuntary treatment for psychosis in South Africa.
Alex Freeman, Leslie Swartz, Laila Asmal
Published: 202610.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118871
Abstract
In this paper, we explore the experiences of family caregivers of people in South Africa diagnosed with psychosis and admitted for involuntary psychiatric care. Using Havi Carel's phenomenology of illness as a framework and method of analysis, we con…
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