Homelessness and mental illness in a professional- and peer-led cocaine treatment clinic

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-535

  Galanter, Marc ^a   Dermatis, Helen ^a   Egelko, Susan ^a   De Leon, George ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAY HOSPITAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HOMELESSNESS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031950309     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.4.533     Document Type: Article

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