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Mental health: ethnic minority carers’ experiences
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People caring for a son or daughter
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Jane - Interview 22
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She worries about who will care for her daughter when she and her husband are gone (played by an actor).
For the last 20 years Jane and her husband has cared for their daughter Sarah, who has schizophrenia. She worries about what will happen to their daughter when they are not around anymore.
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People caring for their husband, wife or partner
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Ramanbhai - Interview 27
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Ramanbhai doesn't tell people about his wife's depression to protect her.
Ramanbhai is a full time carer for his wife who suffers from depression. It took many years before she diagnosed, and she has other health issues as well.
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People caring for other or more than one relative
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Raye - Interview 30
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Raye puts everything on hold when she worries about her father.
Raye grew up with mental health problems in the family. Today, she is the main carer for her father (paranoid schizophrenia), her sister (schizophrenia) and her brother (manic depression). She now feels she needs to let go of some of the responsibilities and focus on her own life.
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Miriam - Interview 05
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Having other people talk about 'how to express emotion' may be insulting to carers.
Miriam carers for her son who is in his late twenties. He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia but she thinks what he has is drugs infused psychosis.
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Emily - Interview 19
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Emily describes some of the stress she went through when she first arrived in the UK and started caring.
Emily has been caing for her husband who suffers from Schizophrenia since she came to the UK three years ago. She says her relationship to God gives her peace and makes her able to cope with a difficult situation.
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