Adequate housing for people with a serious mental illness: Policy obstacles and practice solutions

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Thomas, Kay L ^a   Mccormack, Carmel ^a  

^a WOLSTON PARK HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032915739     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.1999.00182.x     Document Type: Review

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