Users' views of a drop-in project for the homeless

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-103

  Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Bhamra, Jaspal ^b   Taylor, Patrick ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Barons Court Project ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030841934     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300203     Document Type: Article

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