Page No 272-281
Bidisha Banerjee
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
The scope of this paper is to provide a brief review of some Indian studies wherein
‘culture’ has been placed in the central position in researching caregiving in the context of
mental health. Taking a biopsychosocial lens, an attempt has been made to explore the
effect of explanatory models and mental health related beliefs on overall experience of
caring. Another aim is to examine the scope of qualitative research in studying caregiving
experiences. Thus, the reviewed studies in this paper are the one that have employed
the qualitative methods or broadly speaking, alternative paradigmatic approach. In the
final section, an argument is made on the need for more studies on care giving taking
a biopsychosocial and qualitative research approach in Indian context
.