The promise of recovery: Narratives of hope among homeless individuals with mental illness participating in a Housing First randomised controlled trial in Toronto, Canada

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kirst, Maritt ^a,b   Zerger, Suzanne ^a   Harris, Deborah Wise ^a   Plenert, Erin ^a   Stergiopoulos, Vicky ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GROUNDED THEORY; HOMELESSNESS; HOPE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NARRATIVE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL ISOLATION; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GOALS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOPE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NARRATION; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84897484431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004379     Document Type: Article

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