A decade of research and services for homeless mentally ill persons: Where do we stand?

American Psychologist

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1129-1138

  Dennis, Deborah L ^a   Buckner, John C ^b   Lipton, Frank R ^c   Levine, Irene S ^b  

^a Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Human Resources Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026246926     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.46.11.1129     Document Type: Article

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