Childhood abuse as a precursor to homelessness for homeless women with severe mental illness

Violence and Victims

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-142

  Davies Netzley, Sally ^a   Hurlburt, Michael S ^b,d   Hough, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MC 5033   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029859172     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11.2.129     Document Type: Article

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