Mental illness in an adult sample admitted to public hostels in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 493-498

  Lovisi, Giovanni Marcos ^a,c   Mann, A H ^b   Coutinho, E ^a   Morgado, A F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol and drug abuse; Homelessness; Hostel shelter; Major mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 0141633020     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0666-8     Document Type: Article

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