Can shelter-based interventions improve treatment engagement in homeless individuals with psychiatric and/or substance misuse disorders? A randomized controlled trial

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 763-768

  Bradford, Daniel W ^a,b,c,f   Gaynes, Bradley N ^b   Kim, Mimi M ^c   Kaufman, Jay S ^d   Weinberger, Morris ^e,f  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless; Mental illness; Randomized trial; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23444432643     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000170402.35730.ea     Document Type: Article

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