Homelessness and mental illness

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-471

  Salkow, Katja ^a   Fichter, Manfred ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental illness; Prevalence rates; Psychiatric comorbidity; Representativeness; Services; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; HOMELESSNESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0043246475     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200307000-00014     Document Type: Review

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