There's no place like (a) home: Ontological security among persons with serious mental illness in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1925-1936

  Padgett, Deborah K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Housing first; Ontological security; Serious mental illness; USA

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SECURITY; URBAN SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PRIVACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047192030     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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