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ArticleBMC health services research2024

Pathways to social integration among homeless-experienced adults with serious mental illness: a qualitative perspective.

Melissa Chinchilla, Aaron Lulla, Dylan Agans, Stephanie Chassman, Sonya E Gabrielian, Alexander S Young

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Article in BMC health services research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05023252 (Passive Mobile Self-Tracking of Mental Health by Veterans With Serious Mental Illness), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Passive Mobile Self-Tracking of Mental Health by Veterans With Serious Mental Illness

TypeinterventionalSponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentRan2021 to 2024Enrolled87ConditionsSchizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress DisorderArmsmobile application
3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Melissa ChinchillaCenter for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA. mechinchilla@ucla.edu.
Aaron LullaDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Dylan AgansUnited States Army, 101 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC, 20310-0101, USA.
Stephanie ChassmanVA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA.
Sonya E GabrielianCenter for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA.
Alexander S YoungCenter for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA.

Funding

Passive Mobile Self-Tracking of Mental Health by Veterans with Serious Mental IllnessI01HX003129 · VA · VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI YOUNG, ALEXANDER S. · 2020 to 2025
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Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development DEI-SUPP-023Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development and VISN-22 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center IIR 19-392HSRD VA I01 HX003129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSocial integration (i.e., reciprocal interactions with peers and community members) is a notable challenge for many homeless-experienced adults with serious mental illness (SMI). In this study, we examine a range of housing services offered to homeless-experienced adults with SMI and identify the impacts of supportive services on participants' social integration outcomes, with the goal of improving services in transitional and permanent housing settings for homeless-experienced adults with SMI.

methodsThrough semi-structured interviews with homeless-experienced adults with SMI (n = 30), we examine the impacts of housing and service settings on participants' social integration. Participants received services in a variety of housing settings, including transitional housing with congregate/shared living (n = 10), transitional housing with individual quarters (n = 10), and permanent supportive housing (n = 10).

resultsParticipants expressed caution in developing social relationships, as these could pose barriers to recovery goals (e.g., substance use recovery). For many, social integration was secondary to mental and physical health and/or housing stability goals. Individual quarters gave individuals a place of respite and a sense of control regarding when and with whom they socialized. Meeting recovery goals was strongly related to connecting to and receiving a range of supportive services; interviews suggest that proximity to services was critical for engagement in these resources.

conclusionsPrograms serving homeless experienced adults with SMI should seek to understand how individuals conceptualize social integration, and how social relationships can either support or hinder participants' recovery journey.

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Ill-Housed PersonsInterviews as TopicMental DisordersQualitative ResearchSocial IntegrationAdultFemaleHousingHumansMaleMiddle AgedCommunity integrationHomelessnessHomeless servicesSevere mental illnessSocial integrationVeterans

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PMID39367388
PMCPMC11451229

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