Welfare shame, economic hardship, and drug use: Their relationship to the psychological distress observed in TANF recipients

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 275-284

  Montoya, Isaac D ^a   Brown, Victoria ^a  

^a Affiliated Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Economic hardship; Psychological distress; Shame; TANF

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548933671     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307307256     Document Type: Article

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