Homeless children and parents: Short-term mental health outcome

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 447-458

  Karim, Khalid ^a   Tischler, Victoria ^b   Gregory, Peter ^a   Vostanis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOME CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PROBLEM PATIENT; SCHOOL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 33845509493     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006066830     Document Type: Article

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