A review of the literature on the effectiveness of housing and support, assertive community treatment, and intensive case management interventions for persons with mental illness who have been homeless.

Full Abstract

A review of 16 controlled outcome evaluations of housing and support interventions for people with mental illness who have been homeless revealed significant reductions in homelessness and hospitalization and improvements in other outcomes (e.g., well-being) resulting from programs that provided permanent housing and support, assertive community treatment (ACT), and intensive case management (ICM). The best outcomes for housing stability were found for programs that combined housing and support (effect size = .67), followed by ACT alone (effect size = .47), while the weakest outcomes were found for ICM programs alone (effect size = .28). The results of this review were discussed in terms of their implications for policy, practice, and future research.((c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).

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Author information

Author/s: Nelson, Geoffrey (G); Aubry, Tim (T); Lafrance, Adele (A);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. gnelson@wlu.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The American journal of orthopsychiatry (Am J Orthopsychiatry), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Jul; vol 77 (issue 3) : pp 350-61

Dates: Created 2007/08/16; Completed 2007/10/30;

PMID: 17696663, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Assertiveness
Case Management
Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Homeless Persons - psychology

Housing
Humans
Mental Disorders - psychology; therapy
Social Support

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