Improved psychological status in a modified therapeutic community for homeless MICA men

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-92

  Egelko, Susan ^a,b   Galanter, Marc ^a   Dermatis, Helen ^a   Jurewicz, Eva ^a   Jamison, Andrea ^a   Dingle, Shannon ^a   De Leon, George ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; MICA; TC

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036399119     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v21n02_07     Document Type: Article

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