Citation

Roy L, Rousseau J, Fortier P, Mottard JP. Community Ment. Health J. 2013; 49(5): 515-527.

Affiliation

École de Réadaptation, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, USA, laurence.roy@umontreal.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-012-9531-0

PMID

22837105

Abstract

Housing stability is a key component of rehabilitation for individuals with severe mental illnesses but remains a challenge for mental health service providers, particularly with young adults experiencing early mental health difficulties. The aim of this study is to explore perceptions of housing and home-leaving processes among young adults with emerging psychotic disorders and to compare it to the perceptions of young adults without psychotic disorders. A qualitative, grounded theory based, multiple case study was conducted among 52 adults aged 18-30 years old. Two core categories emerged in relation with perception of housing: choice/control over the residential environment, and housing opportunities over time. Difference between the groups include more coerced home-leaving for young adults with first-episode psychosis and low levels of choice, control and opportunities for a sub-group of participants living in group homes. The housing situation of young adults is analyzed and discussed from a systemic perspective.

Language: en