Understanding Housing Delays and Relocations Within the Housing First Model

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-53

  Zerger, Suzanne ^a   Pridham, Katherine Francombe ^a   Jeyaratnam, Jeyagobi ^a   Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b,e   O’Campo, Patricia ^a,c   Kohli, Jaipreet ^d   Stergiopoulos, Vicky ^a,c,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Across Boundaries: An Ethno racial Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; CANADA; CASE MANAGER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MODEL; WORKER; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ONTARIO; AGED; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901740362     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-014-9408-910.1007/s11414-014-9408-9     Document Type: Article

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