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Facilitating Social and Community Participation Among People with Mental Illness and High Levels of Psychiatric Disability

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ID2115187
AutoresKristy Muir (UNSW Sydney), Karen R Fisher (0000-0002-0828-6395, UNSW Sydney), David Abello (0000-0003-3296-7905, UNSW Sydney), Ann Dadich (0000-0001-5767-1794, Western Sydney University)
Ano2010
Volume39
Fascículo3
Páginas375-391
Data de publicação2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279410000073
OpenAlexW2041014938
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas16

People with mental illness can be profoundly disabled and at risk of social exclusion. Transitional models of supported housing have limited effectiveness in improving community participation. Stable, individualised psychosocial housing support programmes have been found to assist in improving mental health and decreasing hospitalisations, but little is understood about whether or how these programmes facilitate social and community participation. This article argues that, if certain supports are available, supported housing models can assist people with high levels of psychiatric disability to participate meaningfully in the community. To make this case, the article uses findings of a longitudinal evaluation of a supported housing model in Australia: the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative Stage One (HASI). HASI is a partnership between the New South Wales Government Departments of Health and Housing and non-government organisations. It is a coordinated approach that provides clients with housing and community-based clinical support, as well as support with daily living skills and community participation. An analysis of questionnaire, database, interview and clinical data is used to demonstrate how HASI contributes to increased social and community participation. The article concludes with policy implications for supported housing models that aim to facilitate meaningful community participation for people with mental illness

Accommodation · Community integration · General partnership · Government (linguistics) · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public housing · Social exclusion · Social support · Supportive housing · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology