Psychological Distress & Expressed Emotions. Mothers of children with mental retardation and children with autism

      Аннотация: This book, Psychological distress & expressed emotions in mothers of children with mental retardation & children with autism, represents the stress and expressed emotions of mothers of disabled children. This research was done during 2008-2009 at Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute for Handicapped, Secunderabad while the author pursuing her M. Phil Rehabilitation Psychology. Book contains 5 chapters with references and appendix. It discussed the stress in mothers of children with disability as mothers are more active in their child’s care and bear most of the burden associated with it. As the author also experienced stress due to her family environments such as her brother-in-law is a bedridden person due to brain damage and her mother-in-law has psychological problem and which made her to start the course of M.Phil Rehab Psychology.

Ключевые слова: Gender, autism, mothers, age, psychological distress, mental retardation, children with mental retardation, Expressed Emotions, Children with Autism, Severity of Disability, Educational Background of Mothers