Health status of homeless and marginally housed users of mental health self-help agencies

Health and Social Work

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Gomory, Tomi ^b   Silverman, Carol J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Self Help Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Health risks; Homeless people; Mental health; Self help agencies; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031989094     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/23.1.45     Document Type: Article

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