Pre- and post-admission attrition of homeless, mentally ill chemical abusers referred to residential treatment programs

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1305-1316

  Nuttbrock, Larry H ^a,b   Ng Mak, Daisy S ^a   Rahav, Michael ^a   Rivera, James J ^a  

^a Argus Community Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EXPECTATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030776203     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02849.x     Document Type: Article

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