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Abstract
This pilot study contrasts the changes in social networks of long-stay psychiatric patients discharged to two group settings. At one year follow-up, the comparison was made between settings with successful or unsuccessful social milieux. From this comparison a hypothesis is generated about how to plan the social mix within a residence so as to produce a mutually supportive group of residents. Future research might assess this hypothesis.