Mental health problems among homeless mothers: Relationship to service use and child mental health problems

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 332-338

  Zima, Bannie T ^a,c   Wells, Kenneth B ^a   Benjamin, Bernadette ^b   Duan, Naihua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030003634     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830040068011     Document Type: Article

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