Explaining Service Use and Residential Stability in Supported Housing: Problems, Preferences, Peers.

While importance attached to treatment was a strong independent predictor, the effect of self-reported mental health problems was only of marginal significance—and much weaker than that of chronic medical problems—possibly reflecting the frequency of somatization of mental health problems in the United States. 36 Additional research is needed to determine why psychiatric symptoms themselves had little effect on mental health service use, but anecdotal reports from local staff suggest that the specific mental health services available at these sites did not match Veterans’ expectations.

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