Process and outcome in a hostel outreach program for homeless clients with severe mental illness.
A longitudinal study followed 55 homeless and severely mentally ill clients of a hostel outreach program to assess outcomes and their relationship to program elements. Results at 18-month follow-up indicated that, despite chronic histories of transiency and shelter use, housing stability had been achieved, and that initial gains in social functioning and symptom reduction had been increased. Development of a strong working alliance proved a key program element in the findings.
Goering
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Health Systems Research Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Wellesley/St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto.
Wasylenki
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Lindsay
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Lemire
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D
Rhodes
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A
D000328:Adult; D019090:Case Management; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index