1. Psychological Growth in Carers of People with Mental Illness

3. Mental illness and carers

4. The caring role1

5. The caring role2

6. The caring role 3

7. Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)/ Psychological Growth

9. Tedeschi’s and Calhoun’s PTG Model (2006)

10. Conceptualising positive carer outcomes: Psychological growth

11. Rationale for research on positive psychological growth in carers

12. Aims

13. Research Variables

14. Method1

15. Findings

16. Implications

17. Questions…………………………………… Thank you for your time!!!