In their own words: Trauma and substance abuse in the lives of formerly homeless women with serious mental illness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-467

  Padgett, Deborah K ^a,b   Hawkins, Robert Leibson ^a   Abrams, Courtney ^b   Davis, Andrew ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Homelessness; Mental illness; Substance abuse; Trauma; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAINING; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33846126277     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.76.4.461     Document Type: Article

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