title: An exploratory investigation into the housing preferences of consumers of mental health services.
abstract: In the present qualitative study, 10 mental health consumers living in the community were interviewed in relation to their housing situations. Three themes emerged from the interview data: 'The place', 'Other consumers' and 'A normal life'. Consumers rejected congregated housing because it enables the larger community to more easily identify them as former psychiatric patients. The views of participants consistently indicate a desire to live a normal life. Results of this study highlight the need for greater consumer participation with mental health nurses and policy makers, in relation to the development of housing services.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Health Science, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. rwarren@csu.edu.au
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011209:Power, Psychological; D018907:Privacy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011638:Public Housing / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires