Severe mental illness among homeless adults and its association with longitudinal outcomes

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-452

  Toro, Paul A ^a   Goldstein, Marilyn S ^d   Rowland, Laurenn L ^d   Bellavia, Charles W ^b   Wolfe, Susan M ^c   Thomas, David M ^d   Acosta, Olga ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Crisis Services Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033511075     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80019-7     Document Type: Article

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