Prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders among homeless and low-income housed mothers

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1561-1564

  Bassuk, Ellen L ^a   Buckner, John C ^b   Perloff, Jennifer N ^b   Bassuk, Shari S ^b  

^a Better Homes Fund   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031731051     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.11.1561     Document Type: Article

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