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Sep 2026
Maternal emotional distress, caregiving burden, and service access among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder: a qualitative study
The findings position maternal emotional distress and caregiving burden as public mental health concerns shaped by family, social, and service contexts and support a public mental health response that links maternal mental health promotion with accessible, coordinated, and family-centred care.
H. Alabdulaziz, Salmah A. Alghamdi, K. Alharbi et al.
· Frontiers in Psychiatry · 0 citations