Employing people with psychiatric disabilities to engage homeless individuals through supported socialization: The Buddies Project

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-196

  Fisk, Deborah ^a,b   Frey, Jennifer ^b,c  

^a Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Outreach and Engagement Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARANOIA; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0036764309     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/26.2002.191.196     Document Type: Article

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