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Living With a Depressed Partner

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dc.contributor.advisorGenevieve E. Chandler
dc.contributor.advisorKaren A. Kalmakis
dc.contributor.advisorNaomi R. Gerstel
dc.contributor.authorLogan, Bridget
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T03:38:20.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T19:48:20Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T19:48:20Z
dc.date.issued2011-02-01
dc.description.abstractIndividuals who live with depressed partners have increased rates of anxiety, depression, and difficult coping. They experience greater burdens of parenting and financial responsibilities, and often feel isolated and restricted. Much of this is similar to what has been termed caregiver burden in the context of other illnesses. This study used qualitative interviews to explore the day-to-day experience of what it is like to live with a depressed partner, as well as to test the fit of the term `caregiver burden' in the context of depression. Participants were seven individuals who were in long-term relationships with depressed partners. Analysis of the interviews identified four stages of a helping process that individuals go through as they care for their depressed partners and transition from partners to caregivers. These individuals are experts on their partners and have important perspective and essential support to offer when their depressed partners are seeking care. Findings underline the importance of advanced nursing and medical care that recognizes the significant burden that nondepressed partners experience and the important ways that they can help their depressed partners seek and stay with treatment.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.description.departmentNursing
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/1924839
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/38776
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1339&context=open_access_dissertations&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectCaregiver Burden
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectNondepressed Partner
dc.subjectNursing
dc.titleLiving With a Depressed Partner
dc.typedissertation
dc.typearticle
dc.typedissertation
digcom.contributor.authorLogan, Bridget
digcom.identifieropen_access_dissertations/340
digcom.identifier.contextkey1924839
digcom.identifier.submissionpathopen_access_dissertations/340
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