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Desinstitutionalization movement led a great percentage of chronic mental patients being integrated in community. Consequently, familiar burden becomes a central object of concern of scientific community, especially after forties. However, a clear definition of the burden on the family is not consen...

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Main Author: Luís Campos (author)
Other Authors: João Marques Teixeira (author), Carlos Mota Cardoso (author)
Format: article
Language:por
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/97532
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/97532
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Summary:Desinstitutionalization movement led a great percentage of chronic mental patients being integrated in community. Consequently, familiar burden becomes a central object of concern of scientific community, especially after forties. However, a clear definition of the burden on the family is not consensual in the literature. Furthermore, there is no a standardized instrument that could be consensually accepted by international community as an adequate tool to evaluate it. In this way, this paper aims to contribute with a literature analysis of this issue in order to design an heuristic theoretical model that support further researches in this domain.