The mental health of homeless school-age children

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Menke, Edna M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Homeless children; Mental health; School age children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032106326     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1998.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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