Psychopathology, social and cognitive functioning in a hostel for homeless women

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JAN., 1996, Pages 82-86

  Adams, Clive E ^a,b   Pantelis, Christos ^a   Duke, Peter J ^a   Barnes, Thomas R E ^a  

^a Gordon Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0029929806     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.1.82     Document Type: Article

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