The mental health of children exposed to maternal mental illness and homelessness

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-448

  Harpaz Rotem, Ilan ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a   Desai, Rani ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child; Homelessness; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PRISON; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33750087244     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-9013-8     Document Type: Article

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