"Nuts, schiz, psycho": An exploration of young homeless people's perceptions and dilemmas of defining mental health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1737-1744

  O'Reilly, Michelle ^a   Taylor, Helen C ^a   Vostanis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental health; Perception; Stigma; UK; Young people

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESSNESS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENIAL; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREJUDICE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STEREOTYPING; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249095345     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.033     Document Type: Article

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