Homeless near a thousand homes: Outcomes of homeless youth in a crisis shelter

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-355

  Barber, Carol Cornsweet ^a,c   Fonagy, Peter ^a   Fultz, Jim ^a   Simulinas, Mary Ann ^b   Yates, Miranda ^b  

^a MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^b Covenant House ^*  (United States)

^c Great Plains Psychological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 23244467453     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.3.347     Document Type: Article

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