Are Rates of Psychiatric Disorders in the Homeless Population Changing?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-108

  North, Carol S ^a   Eyrich, Karin M ^b   Pollio, David E ^b   Spitznagel, Edward L ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1342309248     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.1.103     Document Type: Article

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