'I didn't like just sittin around all day': Facilitating social and community participation among people with mental illness and high levels of psychiatric disability

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-391

  Muir, Kristy ^a   Fisher, Karen R ^a   Abello, David ^a   Dadich, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL WORK;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77953559088     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279410000073     Document Type: Article

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