Emotional distress and mental health service use among urban homeless adolescents

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-393

  Solorio, M Rosa ^a   Milburn, Norweeta G ^b   Andersen, Ronald M ^c   Trifskin, Sharone ^a   Rodríguez, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional distress; Homeless youth; Mental health service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CASE MANAGER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33751247379     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-006-9037-z     Document Type: Article

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