Homelessness among persons with serious mental illness in an enhanced community-based mental health system

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1012-1016

  Kuno, Eri ^a   Rothbard, Aileen B ^a   Averyt, June ^a   Culhane, Dennis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0033861440     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.8.1012     Document Type: Article

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