Good friends are hard to find? The social networks of people with mental illness 12 years after deinstitutionalisation

While community care is now well established in England, the development and maintenance of social networks of people with long-term mental illness remains a major challenge to services.To investigate the size of the social networks of people with long-term mental illness and the types of social support they receive in relation to their age and accommodation. Sample Thirty-nine men and 46 women (mean age: 61 years; range: 38-88). Forty nine...