The Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders Among Homeless Individuals in the Inner City of Los Angeles

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1085-1092

  Koegel, Paul ^a   Burnam, M Audrey ^b   Farr, Rodger K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMAN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0024263258     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800360033005     Document Type: Article

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