Stories of loss and change : six mothers’ experiences of parenting an adult child with a mental illness

A qualitative narrative research method was used to explore and describe the experiences of personal growth and change of six mothers of adult children with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who volunteered to participate in this study. A total of twenty-eight semi-structured interviews (ave...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiens, Sandra Ellen
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45244