A housing support programme for the mentally ill: Need profile and satisfaction among users

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-327

  Middelboe, T ^a,b   Mackeprang, T ^a   Thalsgaard, A ^a   Christiansen, P B ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community care; Housing; Schizophrenia; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HOUSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031758367     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10091.x     Document Type: Article

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