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ArticleQualitative health research2019

The Ties That Bind and Unbound Ties: Experiences of Formerly Homeless Individuals in Recovery From Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use.

Rohini Pahwa, Melissa Edmondson Smith, Yeqing Yuan, Deborah Padgett

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rohini Pahwa1 New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York City, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1730-5623
Melissa Edmondson Smith2 University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Yeqing Yuan1 New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York City, New York, USA.
Deborah Padgett1 New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York City, New York, USA.
New York University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Qualitative Study of Mental Health Recovery in Dual Diagnosed HomelessR01MH084903 · NIMH · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI PADGETT, DEBORAH KAY · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH084903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report explores the nature and quality of social ties of formerly homeless individuals in recovery from serious mental illness and substance abuse and how these ties relate to experiences of community. Using grounded theory and cross-case analysis techniques, we analyzed 34 qualitative interviews conducted with predominantly racial/ethnic minority individuals receiving mental health services. Participants described a range of involvement and experiences in the mental health service and mainstream communities indicating a combination of weak or strong ties in these communities. Across participants, two broad themes emerged: ties that bind and obstacles that "get in the way" of forming social ties. Salient subthemes included those related to family, cultural spaces, employment, substance abuse, stigma and mental health service providers and peers. The current study integrates our understanding of positive and negative aspects of social ties and provides a theoretical framework highlighting the complexity of social ties within mainstream and mental health service communities.

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Social NetworkingAdultAgedCultural CharacteristicsEmploymentFemaleGrounded TheoryHumansIll-Housed PersonsInterviews as TopicMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchSocial StigmaSocial Supportcommunity integrationcross-case analysiscultural spacesfamily tiesgrounded theoryhomelessnessmental health service communityqualitative methodssevere mental illnesssocial tiessubstance abuseUSA

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PMID30499369
PMCPMC10276635
OpenAlexW2902293380

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