Changes over time among homeless young people in drug dependency, mental illness and their co-morbidity

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-80

  Rosenthal, Doreen ^a   Mallett, Shelley ^a   Gurrin, Lyle ^a   Milburn, Norweeta ^b   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Co morbidity; Drug dependency; Homeless; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 33750881965     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500600622758     Document Type: Review

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