Cognitive function and duration of rooflessness in entrants to a hostel for homeless men

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 434-439

  Bremner, Alexander J ^a,d   Duke, Peter J ^a   Nelson, Hazel E ^b   Pantelis, Christos ^c   Barnes, Thomas R E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Horton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d c/o Martineau ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC HOUSING; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029758157     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.4.434     Document Type: Article

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