Residential environment and quality of life among seriously mentally ill residents of board and care homes

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 447-458

  Mares, Alvin S ^a,e   Young, Alexander S ^b   McGuire, James F ^c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^d  

^a VA NE Program Evaluation Center ^*  (United States)

^b UCLA Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Board and care; Quality of life; Residential environment; Social climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036885746     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020876000860     Document Type: Article

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