"The Apartment is for You, It's Not for Anyone Else": Managing Social Recovery and Risk on the Frontlines of Single-Adult Supportive Housing.
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SUBMITTER: Tiderington E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450384 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
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"The Apartment is for You, It's Not for Anyone Else": Managing Social Recovery and Risk on the Frontlines of Single-Adult Supportive Housing.
Administration and policy in mental health 20180101 1
This multi-method qualitative study examines frontline provider perspectives on consumer social relationships and barriers to social recovery in supportive housing programs for adults with serious mental illness. Thematic analyses show that guest and occupancy policies that enforce the "single" nature of single-adult supportive housing challenge consumer rights to self-determination in the realm of social recovery. Findings also highlight the ways in which providers act to reinforce and subvert ...[more]
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