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The discovery of autism: Indian parents’ experiences of caring for their child with an autism spectrum disorder
Desai MU, Divan G, Wertz FJ, Patel V. The discovery of autism: Indian parents’ experiences of caring for their child with an autism spectrum disorder. Transcultural Psychiatry 2012, 49: 613-637. PMID: 22722980, PMCID: PMC3472559, DOI: 10.1177/1363461512447139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSpectrum disorderParents' experiencesEveryday social orderChildren's basic needsParents of childrenPhenomenological psychologyChildren's capacityChild behaviorParents' observationsBasic needsPublic situationsSocial worldChild's lifeQualitative shiftParentsCultural contextCurrent studyRelative normalcySocial cohesionSensitive researchChildrenSocial orderFundamental concernLocal society
2021
Mental wellbeing following landslides and residential displacement in Indonesia
Burrows K, Desai M, Pelupessy D, Bell M. Mental wellbeing following landslides and residential displacement in Indonesia. SSM - Mental Health 2021, 1: 100016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResidential displacementFuture disaster preparednessCommunity cohesionSocial cohesionLocal understandingsParticipants' livelihoodsQualitative interviewsDisaster preparednessKey intervention pointsFamily dynamicsMental wellbeingEconomic stabilityQualitative approachDisaster responseWellbeingLivelihoodsPhenomenological approachIntervention pointsMental healthCohesionIndonesiaCommunityDisastersClimate changeLimited research