Journal article
One-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Housing First With ACT in Five Canadian Cities
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Housing First is a groundbreaking approach to ending chronic homelessness among people with mental illness. This article presents one-year findings from a multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing Housing First with treatment as usual.
METHODS: The study was a nonblind, parallel-group RCT conducted in five Canadian cities. A sample of 950 high-need participants with severe mental illness, who were either absolutely …
Authors
Aubry T; Tsemberis S; Adair CE; Veldhuizen S; Streiner D; Latimer E; Sareen J; Patterson M; McGarvey K; Kopp B
Journal
Psychiatric Services, Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 463–469
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date
May 1, 2015
DOI
10.1176/appi.ps.201400167
ISSN
1075-2730