University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Information Needs and Sources for Family Members of Individuals Living with Mental Disorders

Charbonneau, Deborah H.; Akers, Katherine G.

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Title
Information Needs and Sources for Family Members of Individuals Living with Mental Disorders
Author(s)
  • Charbonneau, Deborah H.
  • Akers, Katherine G.
Issue Date
2021
Keyword(s)
  • LIS
  • Information needs
Abstract
Family members provide important care for individuals with mental disorders but experience many unmet information needs. Here, we review literature from various disciplines regarding the information needs and sources used by relatives of individuals with depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders. The literature shows that family members of individuals living with mental disorders need information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and daily management as well as mental health services and legal information. To meet these needs, family members seek information from health care providers, other families dealing with the same issues, health information websites and social media, and their own friends and family. The synthesis of this literature sheds light on the sizable and complex information needs of family members dealing with mental disorders and has direct implications for library collections and programming aimed at facilitating access to trustworthy information on mental disorders and enhancing mental health literacy.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 70 (2). Fall 2021
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/113657
DOI
10.1353/lib.2021.0019
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2021 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 70 (2) Fall 2021: Family Matters: Mapping Information Phenomena within the Context of the Family PRIMARY
Library Trends 70 (2) Fall 2021: Family Matters: Mapping Information Phenomena within the Context of the Family. Edited by Nicole K. Dalmer and Sarah Barriage.