Social support and service use among homeless persons with serious mental illness

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-28

  Lam, Julie A ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032953723     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409904500103     Document Type: Article

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