Psychotic disorders among homeless subjects attending a psychiatric emergency service

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 904-910

  Cougnard, Audrey ^a,b   Grolleau, Sabrina ^a,b   Lamarque, Florence ^c   Beitz, Christophe ^c   Brugère, Stéphane ^c   Verdoux, Hélène ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM U657   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER CHARLES PERRENS   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency psychiatric service use; Homelessness; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 33751010736     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0109-4     Document Type: Article

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