ArticleJournal of mental health (Abingdon, England)2025
Interventions that support unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients: a scoping review.
Article in Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- CareVR, a Virtual Reality assisted communication training programme to support informal carers of people with psychosis: a feasibility study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Exploring factors associated with psychiatric hospitalization for persons living with family.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Short-term impact of BREF-ED, an early, single-family psychoeducational programme for caregivers of individuals with eating disorders: A retrospective pilot study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- Supporting unpaid carers during section 17 leave from mental health in-patient wards: carer and practitioner perspectives.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Supporting unpaid carers around hospital leave for people detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) in England: carer and practitioner perspectives.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Strategies to Alleviate the Burden Experienced by Informal Caregivers of Persons With Severe Mental Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Health effects of caregiving and coping with severe mental disorders: A caregivers' experience.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2024Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundUnpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients often lack support for their well-being and feel excluded from decisions about patient care.
aimsThis scoping review aimed to: synthesise the peer-reviewed literature evaluating the outcomes of brief interventions for unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients, identify transferable lessons for evidenced-informed practice, and establish future research priorities.
methodsPRISMA scoping review guidelines were followed to search 12 databases using predefined search terms. Two reviewers independently screened papers and applied exclusion/inclusion criteria. Studies were included if they evaluated the impact or outcomes of interventions. Two reviewers extracted data and assessed study quality. Data were synthesised to categorise types of interventions and evidence for their outcomes.
results16 papers met the inclusion criteria, and five types of interventions were identified: those that aimed to (1) increase carer involvement in inpatient care; (2) facilitate organisational change to increase carer support and involvement; (3) provide carers with support; (4) deliver psychoeducation and offer support; and (5) reduce carer stress and improve coping skills.
conclusionsWhilst evidence of intervention effectiveness was promising, the quality of studies was generally weak. More research is needed to develop an evidence-informed approach to supporting carers during inpatient stays.
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