Effects of Increased Social Support and Lifestyle Behaviors in a Domiciliary for Homeless Veterans

Psychological Services

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-24

  LePage, James P ^a,b   Bluitt, Marva ^b   McAdams, Houston ^b   Merrell, Christopher ^b   House Hatfield, Teresa ^b   Garcia Rea, Elizabeth ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

homeless; therapeutic environment; veteran

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749125805     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.3.1.16     Document Type: Article

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