Measuring the impact of housing on people with schizophrenia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Browne, Graeme ^a   Courtney, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boarding house; Health of the Nation Outcomes Scale; Housing; Life Skills Profile; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; ETHICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 1642359947     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2003.00172.x     Document Type: Review

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