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This will help them learn how to manage their well\u2010being, live independently, and stabilise their conditions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Lastly, public awareness campaigns should honour caregivers by highlighting their strength, resilience, and dedication. The state can provide financial assistance in the form of tax relief for their income per annum or caregiver allowance to alleviate the financial stress that caregivers are facing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list>\n<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>The progressive deinstitutionalisation of mental healthcare has increasingly shifted care responsibilities from healthcare professionals to family caregivers for individuals with severe mental illness. Caregivers must balance many obligations, which often compromise their overall health and well\u2010being, while helping their loved ones integrate into the community.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>To identify and understand caregivers' needs and challenges as they help individuals with severe and enduring mental health challenges integrate into the community.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study used a descriptive qualitative approach to explore the experiences and challenges of caregivers for individuals with severe and enduring mental health challenges when integrating back into the community. A semi\u2010structured guide was used during the video\u2010conferencing interviews conducted between December 2021 and November 2022. This study was reported according to the 32\u2010item Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fourteen caregivers were individually interviewed by the primary author. Most caregivers were female, with an average of 15\u2009years of experience caring for their loved ones. Using Braun and Clark's six\u2010phase thematic framework, we inductively generate the themes and subthemes from the data. The two themes were (i) challenges (whose subthemes included personal challenges in caregiving, the lack of awareness, and stigma and employment) and (ii) support (whose subthemes included the importance of socialisation for individuals with mental health conditions, existing avenues of support and potential areas for support).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings informed the contemporary needs of caregivers caring for individuals with severe and enduring mental health challenges integrating into the community. Like the global challenges for people with mental health issues, psychosocial support and other supplementary support are still common themes in mental health settings. The findings further specifically highlighted the importance of accessible points of contact as resources and employment\u2010enabling and sustaining initiatives to help manage caregivers' emotional and system challenges, which addresses the gaps identified in the findings. Caregivers' peer\u2010support groups, life skills training and public mental health awareness are also necessitated by the caregivers' voices.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Implications for Practice<\/jats:title><jats:p>Priority areas include having a centralised point of contact within the community for caregivers. 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