Demographic and clinical correlates of homelessness among African americans with severe mental illness

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-338

  Whaley, Arthur L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Homelessness; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PARANOIA; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036675016     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015953426049     Document Type: Article

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