title: Community residential treatment for skid row alcoholics.
abstract: A significant factor affecting the chance for recovery is the ability of the skid row alcoholic to form and sustain a relationship with someone or something. The author describes an open-ended, community residential program that encourages such relationships and which is proving to be an effective treatment model.
mesh_terms: D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012951:Socialization