Abstract
Excerpt: “This paper describes the results and implications of the first systematic investigation of the social organization of ex-patients, clinically labelled as schizophrenic, who are residing in a large Manhattan Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotel. In doing this, we have focused on the structure of this population's personal networks in order to: (1) Delineate the morphological characteristics of individual networks (viz., size, content, directionality, density) and their relationship to psychiatric diagnosis. (2) Determine whether the structure of the network matrix can serve as a predictive index of subsequent community performance (i.e., necessity for rehospitalization).” (p.4)
Original language | American English |
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Journal | Default journal |
State | Published - Jan 1 1978 |
Keywords
- Mentally ill-post-hospital adjustment
- Schizophrenia
- Single room occupancy
- Social structure
Disciplines
- Anthropology
- Social and Behavioral Sciences