Emotional journey of wives of spouses diagnosed with bipolar I disorder: moving from vicissitude towards reconciliation.

Purpose: Our present study was a qualitative investigation intending to explore the emotional journey of wives whose spouse has been diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder, using a phenomenological design.

Method: Semi-structured face to face interviews were conducted with 5 wives of already diagnosed Bipolar I Disorder patients to uncover their lived experience in terms of the emotional journey they had had. For data analysis, we used Hycner's explicitation process.

Caregiver Burden, Spirituality, and Psychological Well-Being of Parents Having Children with Thalassemia.

The research determined the relationship of caregiving burden, spirituality and psychological well-being of parents of Pakistani thalassemic patients in a crosssectional research design. The sociodemographic form, Montgomery-Borgatta burden measure (Montgomery et al. in Who should care for the elderly? An east-west value divide.

Poly-victimization and mental health of street children in Lahore city.

Background: Street children are vulnerable to a number of problems throughout their lives. Poly-victimization covers the different domains of the difficulties they face on streets, it is also notable to find out the impact of poly-victimization on the mental health of street children.

Aims: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between poly-victimization and mental health in street children of Lahore city.