[Housing preferences of people with severe mental illness: a descriptive study].
This article presents the results of an exploratory study on housing preferences of 315 people with serious mental illness living in seven types of housing in Montreal. The overall portrait that emerged from the study revealed that 22,0 % of the participants prefer to live in their own apartment, 16,0 % in HLM or OSBL, 14,1 % in a supervised apartment, and 11,5 % in a foster home. In addition, 31,7 % prefer the type of housing they were living in at the time of the study. The authors conclude that a variety of housing resources are necessary to meet the diverse needs of consumers.
Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Douglas, Départements de psychiatrie, Faculté de médecine, Université McGill.
Myra
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Piat
Alain
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Lesage
Henri
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Dorvil
Richard
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Boyer
Audrey
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Couture
David
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Bloom
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