Mental health and welfare transitions: Depression and alcohol abuse in AFDC women

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 787-813

  Dooley, David ^a   Prause, JoAnn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Depression; Mental health; Selection; Social causation; Unemployment; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036886441     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020253002468     Document Type: Article

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