Alcohol use and other psychiatric disorders in the formerly homeless and never homeless: Prevalence, age of onset, comorbidity, temporal sequencing, and service utilization

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 38, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 601-644

  Reardon, Maureen Lyons ^a   Burns, Andrea B ^a   Preist, Robyn ^b   Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^a   Lang, Alan R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Higher Educ Ctr Alcohol/O D P   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronicity; Drinking problems; Homelessness; Psychiatric disorders; Relapse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; COLORADO; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038753005     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120017387     Document Type: Article

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