Prevalence of treated behavioral disorders among adult shelter users: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-72

  Culhane, Dennis P ^a,b   Avery, June M ^a   Hadley, Trevor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 0031910085     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080271     Document Type: Article

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