@article {Grigg:November 2005:0004-8674:995,
	author = "Grigg, Margaret",
	author = "Judd, Fiona",
	author = "Ryan, Lisa",
	author = "Komiti, Angela",
	title = "Identifying marginal housing for people with a mental illness living in rural and regional areas",
	journal = "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry",
	volume = "39",
	year = "November 2005",
	abstract = "<B>Objective:</B> Homelessness among people with a mental illness is a serious issue. <P></P><B>Objective:</B> The study aimed to identify the types of housing available for people with a mental illness in the region; to develop an audit tool to assess the housing of patients of the mental health service; and to pilot this audit tool. <P></P><B>Method:</B> Key informants were interviewed to obtain information about the type of housing options available in the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee Region. This information was used to develop a survey to audit the housing status of existing patients of the area mental health service. A pilot study using the survey was completed by case managers for 81 patients who were being case managed by the area mental health service. <P></P><B>Results:</B> There were a wide variety of housing options in the region, but housing availability was not evenly distributed. Although most patients lived in owned or rented accommodation, a substantial proportion of patients had difficulties with accessing the required services, the affordability of their housing, uncertainty of tenure or were at risk of violence within their housing. <P></P><B>Conclusions:</B> A substantial proportion of patients treated by a rural area mental health service had lived in impoverished housing. <P></P><B>Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 39:995&#8211;1000</B>",
	pages = "995-1000(6)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/anp/2005/00000039/F0020011/art00007"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01703.x"
}