Perceived reasons for loss of housing and continued homelessness among homeless persons with mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-178

  Mojtabai, Ramin ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Apartment 5J ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13444258088     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.172     Document Type: Article

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