Neighborhood experiences and community integration: Perspectives from mental health consumers and providers

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 45-59

  Wong, Yin Ling Irene ^a   Metzendorf, Diane ^b   Min, So Young ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community integration; Community residential programs; Focus groups; Persons with psychiatric disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747184568     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v04n03_03     Document Type: Article

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