Quality of life after housing first for adults with serious mental illness who have experienced chronic homelessness

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 549-555

  Henwood, Benjamin F ^a   Matejkowski, Jason ^b   Stefancic, Ana ^c   Lukens, Jonathan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Pathways to Housing Inc   (United States)

^d SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community integration; Life satisfaction; Supportive housing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT T TEST; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84908193627     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.072     Document Type: Article

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