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Housing for the Chronically Mentally Disabled: Part II — Process and Outcome

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1987

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This paper reviews process and outcome research on community housing programs for the chronically mentally disabled. Several methods for conceptualizing and assessing housing environments are presented, and pertinent literature on each method is then reviewed. Next, research on the impact of various types of housing programs on clients' adaptation is reviewed. Methodological problems in both the process and outcome research are highlighted, and directions for future research are suggested. It is concluded that future research requires an integration of the process and outcome findings and methods to ascertain how different program characteristics are related to different facets of adaptation for different client groups.

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Cet article fait le point sur les processus et les résultats des recherches portant sur les programmes d'habitation pour les personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux chroniques. On présente plusieurs méthodes pour conceptualiser et évaluer les environments domestiques et on fait la recension des écrits pertinents pour chaque méthode. On recense ensuite les recherches sur l'impact des différents types de programmes sur l'adaptation des clients. On souligne les problèmes méthodologiques concernant aussi bien les processus que les résultats des recherches et on suggère des orientations pour les recherces à venir. On affirme en conclusion que les futures recherches nécessitent une intégration des processus et des résultats de mème que des méthodes pour découvrir comment différentes caractéristiques d'un programme sont reliées aux différentes facettes d'adaptation pour différents groupes de clients.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 6Number 2September 1987
Pages: 79 - 91

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Version of record online: 29 April 2009

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Geoffrey Nelson
Wilfrid Laurier University
Heather Smith Fowler
Wilfrid Laurier University

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