A diagnostic comparison of homeless and nonhomeless patients in an urban mental health clinic

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 236-240

  North, C S ^c   Thompson, S J ^a   Pollio, D E ^a   Ricci, D A ^b   Smith, E M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grace Hill Neighborhood Hlth Centre   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MISSOURI; OUTPATIENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030922586     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00788244     Document Type: Article

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