Development of an inner urban homeless mental health service

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-67

  Holmes, Alex ^a,b   Hodge, Mark ^b   Newton, Richard ^c   Bradley, Gail ^d   Bluhm, Alan ^b   Hodges, Jane ^b   Didio, Louise ^b   Doidge, Graeme ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Waratah Area Homeless Psychiat   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d North Western Mental Health   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental disorder; Psychiatric services

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG INDICATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TEAMWORK; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 17144431335     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2004.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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