Housing First Reduces Re-offending among Formerly Homeless Adults with Mental Disorders: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Somers, Julian M ^a   Rezansoff, Stefanie N ^a   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^a   Palepu, Anita ^b   Patterson, Michelle ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; PUNISHMENT; RECIDIVISM; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84883389278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072946     Document Type: Article

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