Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder among homeless adults in Sydney

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-213

  Taylor, Kathryn M ^a   Sharpe, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 39049119733     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701827218     Document Type: Article

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