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Components Associated with Adequacy of Help for Consumers with Severe Mental Disorders

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Needs assessment is key in mental health rehabilitation. Using a representative sample of consumers with severe mental disorders living in supervised housing in Montréal, Québec, the study describes consumer needs and variables associated with the adequacy of help provided. Descriptive, component, and regression analyses were performed. Four needs components, including 20 domains, were examined. Greater adequacy of help was found to be associated with five variables: “daytime social relations”; number of needs; number of unmet needs; gender; and help from services. Components associated with “daytime social relations” and “higher social needs” would be more effectively addressed by integrated healthcare providers.

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This study was funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). We would like to thank them and the individuals who took part in the study.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre (DMHUIRC), Montreal, QC, Canada

    Marie-Josée Fleury, Myra Piat & Jacques Tremblay

  2. Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Guy Grenier & Jean-Marie Bamvita

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche Fernand-Seguin (Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine), Montreal, QC, Canada

    Richard Boyer & Alain Lesage

  4. Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada

    Marie-Josée Fleury

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Fleury, MJ., Piat, M., Grenier, G. et al. Components Associated with Adequacy of Help for Consumers with Severe Mental Disorders. Adm Policy Ment Health 37, 497–508 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0292-1

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