Beyond "Landscapes of Despair": the need for new research on the urban environment, sprawl, and the community integration of persons with severe mental illness.
The purpose of this commentary is to discuss important trends in the housing of people with severe mental illness in the past 20 years that require the attention of mental health geographers and other experts on the effects of place on mental health. Issues that are worthy of consideration in new research include: assessing the impact of place effects on community integration, the impact of sprawl, and the emergence of the independent scatter-site housing model. Possible implications of these trends for the effects of place on people with severe mental illness are discussed.
Yanos
Philip T
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Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 445 W. 59th St., New York, NY 10019, USA. pyanos@jjay.cuny.edu
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D016352:Group Homes / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends*; D006798:Housing / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009656:North America; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000145:classification*; D012922:Social Change; D013997:Time Factors; D014504:Urban Health / Q000639:trends*