Three year course and outcome of mental illness in homeless men: A prospective longitudinal study based on a representative sample

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-120

  Fichter, Manfred M ^a,b   Quadflieg, Norbert ^b  

^a Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Course of illness; Homelessness; Longitudinal study; Mental illness; Psychiatric epidemiology; Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV (SCID)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REMISSION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 17644367822     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0543-9     Document Type: Article

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