Supported housing for people with serious mental illness: Resident perspectives on housing

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-151

  Walker, Ryan ^a   Seasons, Mark ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036524409     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2002-0010     Document Type: Article

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