"Who believes most in me and in my recovery": The importance of families for persons with serious mental illness living in structured community housing

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-65

  Piat, Myra ^a   Sabetti, Judith ^a   Fleury, Marie josée ^a   Boyer, Richard ^b   Lesage, Alain ^b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community housing; Mental health; Qualitative research; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951972789     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536710X.2011.546310     Document Type: Article

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