A social ecological approach to investigating relationships between housing and adaptive functioning for persons with serious mental illness

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-326

  Kloos, Bret ^a   Shah, Seema ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health services research; Mixed methods; Serious mental illness; Social ecology; Supported housing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 71149095439     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9277-1     Document Type: Article

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