Mental disorders among homeless People in Western Countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1641-1642

  Herrman, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS;

HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 58149473626     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050237     Document Type: Short Survey

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