Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Perspectives about Illness, Attitudes, and Caregiving Experiences among Siblings of Persons with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Analysis Subject The topic of the resource Experiences; explanatory models; expressed emotion; Schizophrenia; siblings Description An account of the resource Background: Siblings of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia (SPS) are one among the major sources of support for persons with schizophrenia. There is a dearth of psychosocial literature on SPS in India. This qualitative study explored the perspectives about the illness, attitudes, and caregiving experiences of SPS. Materials and Methods: Qualitative audio-recorded interviews were conducted with 15 SPS, purposively selected from a tertiary mental health hospital of Southern India. A general inductive approach was adopted to analyze the qualitative data. Results: Four broad themes were identified from qualitative data analysis. (1) SPS described several explanatory models of mental illness in terms of causal attributions and treatment care. (2) They had expressed emotion toward their ill siblings, such as criticality, hostility, and emotional over-involvement. (3) They experienced objective and subjective burden while caring for their ill sibling. In spite of all these, (4) they were part of their ill siblings' care in terms of ensuring regular follow-ups and drug adherence and supported their livelihood. They coped up with adaptive as well as maladaptive strategies. Conclusion: SPS provide significant support to their affected siblings. However, they do have non-biomedical models of mental illness and negative attitudes toward patients and experience burden. Hence, psychosocial interventions may help SPS while caregiving for their affected siblings. 2019 Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amaresha A.; Venkatasubramanian G.; Muralidhar D. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol-41, No. 5, pp. 413-419. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_318_19" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_318_19</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072079803&amp;doi=10.4103%2FIJPSYM.IJPSYM_318_19&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=932f1dc9a6b51a347ec3ba99b2edb9a7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072079803&amp;doi=10.4103%2fIJPSYM.IJPSYM_318_19&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=932f1dc9a6b51a347ec3ba99b2edb9a7</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 2537176 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Amaresha A., Department of Sociology and Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560 029, India; Venkatasubramanian G., Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Muralidhar D., Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India