ReviewCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2015
Housing First for People With Severe Mental Illness Who Are Homeless: A Review of the Research and Findings From the At Home-Chez soi Demonstration Project.
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83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 237 citations in OpenAlex.
- Housing First Impact on Costs and Associated Cost Offsets: A Review of the Literature.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2015Pooled it
- Pharmacy Homeless Outreach Engagement Non-medical Independent Prescribing Rx (PHOENIx) Community Pharmacy-Based Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Trial
- Beyond Supported Housing: Correlates of Improvements in Quality of Life Among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2023Trial
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- The Effect of a Housing First Intervention on Acute Health Care Utilization among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: Long-term Outcomes of the At Home/Chez-Soi Randomized Pragmatic Trial.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Trial
- The association between experiencing homelessness in childhood or youth and adult housing stability in Housing First.BMC psychiatry · 2021Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of Housing First in a small Canadian City.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of Housing First Intervention With Intensive Case Management Compared With Treatment as Usual for Homeless Adults With Mental Illness: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2019Trial
- The effectiveness of a Housing First adaptation for ethnic minority groups: findings of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Social Health Among Individuals Living with Mental Illness During the Transition To Permanent Supportive Housing: A Scoping Review.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Substance Use and Incidence of Psychosis Diagnoses Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Compared with Males from the General Population: A Matched Cohort Study from Metro Vancouver, Canada.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Housing Attainment With the Psychiatric Assistance for Transitional Homelessness in Shelters Program.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Criminalizing Serious Mental Illness: What Linked Urban Data Reveal and the Case for Community Care.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Assessing demographic and clinical characteristics and healthcare resource utilization of patients with schizophrenia with inadequate response to antipsychotic treatment.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Developing and testing a system alignment approach to address homelessness among black fathers in Atlanta, GA.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Predictors of psychiatric emergency department visits within twelve months post-inpatient psychiatric discharge in Alberta, Canada.PloS one · 2026Observational
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- Models of housing and support to reduce risks of COVID-19 infection and homelessness: the moving on pilot randomised controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Childhood Homelessness as an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE): Adult Mental Health Outcomes.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Housing First for Youth Who Experience Homelessness: A Systematic Review.Urban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Article
23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo provide a review of the extant research literature on Housing First (HF) for people with severe mental illness (SMI) who are homeless and to describe the findings of the recently completed At Home (AH)-Chez soi (CS) demonstration project. HF represents a paradigm shift in the delivery of community mental health services, whereby people with SMI who are homeless are supported through assertive community treatment or intensive case management to move into regular housing.
methodThe AH-CS demonstration project entailed a randomized controlled trial conducted in 5 Canadian cities between 2009 and 2013. Mixed methods were used to examine the implementation of HF programs and participant outcomes, comparing 1158 people receiving HF to 990 people receiving standard care.
resultsInitial research conducted in the United States shows HF to be a promising approach, yielding superior outcomes in helping people to rapidly exit homelessness and establish stable housing. Findings from the AH-CS demonstration project reveal that HF can be successfully adapted to different contexts and for different populations without losing its fidelity. People receiving HF achieved superior housing outcomes and showed more rapid improvements in community functioning and quality of life than those receiving treatment as usual.
conclusionsKnowledge translation efforts have been undertaken to disseminate the positive findings and lessons learned from the AH-CS project and to scale up the HF approach across Canada.
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