Chapter 28: Psychosocial interventions to support carers

1. In family therapy, the therapists concentrate on the _____processes of the family.

Answer: Interpersonal

2. Carer burden can be viewed as the _____ encountered by carers that are either directly or indirectly related to the illness.

Answer: Stressors

3. The Triangle of Care approach is proposed as a three way partnership between the service user, carers and _____.

Answer: Clinicians

4. Expressed emotion (EE) is a measure of the _____ temperature within the family.

Answer: Emotional

5. ______ percent of carers reported some form of mental distress because of their caring role.

Answer: 80

6. One of the key issues identified by carers is the _____ of caring for someone with a mental health problem.

Answer: Unpredictability

7. Those carers providing more hours of caring are likely to have _____ levels of mental distress.

Answer: Higher