The prevalence of mental disorders among the homeless in Western countries: Systematic review and meta-regression analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1670-1681

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Khosla, Vivek ^b   Doll, Helen ^c   Geddes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WESTERN EUROPE; ADDICTION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 58149462683     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050225     Document Type: Article

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