Residential instability: a perspective on system imbalance.
In an exploration of residential instability and recidivism in chronic mental patients, 215 psychiatric admissions were followed for a year after the initial episode. In addition to an unusually high incidence of residential mobility, a relationship between mobility and number of hospitalizations was evident, as were isolation, disruptive family situations, and homelessness. The needed response of the mental health system is discussed.
Appleby
Lawrence
L
Division of Clinical Services.
Desai
Prakash
P
Psychiatry Service.
D000328:Adult; D002641:Chicago; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012918:Social Alienation