Tracking Change In Psychological Distress among Homeless Adults: An Examination of the Effect of Housing Status

Health and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 262-273

  Wong, Yin Ling Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Longitudinal analysis; Psychological distress; Residential mobility

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036833982     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.4.262     Document Type: Article

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