title: Residential instability: a perspective on system imbalance.
abstract: 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.
authors: Division of Clinical Services.
authors: Lawrence
authors: L
authors: Appleby
authors: Psychiatry Service.
authors: Prakash
authors: P
authors: Desai
mesh_terms: 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