Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Department

Psychology

Department

Sociology

Abstract

We present the findings of a narrative approach to the evaluation of supportive housing for formerly homeless people who have experienced serious mental illness. According to the accounts of 11 men and 9 women, their youth and adult years were piled with personal problems, troubled relationships, and a lack of adequate social resources. Since entering supportive housing, participants noted more stability in their lives and the beginning of journeys to recover positive personal identities, restore or develop new supportive relationships, and reclaim resources vital to leading lives with dignity and meaning. The findings add to the literature on housing interventions for this population in suggesting many positive gains beyond reductions in hometessness and hospitatization.

Comments

This article was originally published in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 29(2): 98-104. © 2005 Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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