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. 1987 Oct;57(4):515-524.
doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1987.tb03567.x.

Residential instability: a perspective on system imbalance

Lawrence Appleby  1 , Prakash Desai  2
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Residential instability: a perspective on system imbalance

Lawrence Appleby et al. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1987 Oct.

Abstract

In an exploration of residential instability and recidivism in chronic mental patients, 215 psychiatric admissions were followed for a year after the initial episode. In addition to an unusually high incidence of residential mobility, a relationship between mobility and number of hospitalizations was evident, as were isolation, disruptive family situations, and homelessness. The needed response of the mental health system is discussed.

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