Psychiatric Problems in Homeless Men: Lifetime Psnnnnychosis, Substance Use, and Current Distress in New Arrivals at New York City Shelters

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 845-850

  Susser, Ezra ^a   Struening, Elmer L ^b,c   Conover, Sarah ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Division of Epidemiology Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024468869     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810090087012     Document Type: Article

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