Stiles Brandie
School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL.
Nurs Forum. 2013 Apr-Jun;48(2):139-41. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12020.
Families struggle with the day-to-day worrying about behaviors of acting out at school and work, and the loss of normalcy that they used to have in their everyday lives. Families with a loved one with mental illness live in an almost constant state of uncertainty due to the unpredictability of the illness.
This article addresses the challenges inherent to the acute psychiatric admission process of a patient and family.
