The paradox of chronic homelessness: The conscious desire to leave homelessness and the unconscious familiarity of the street life

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-254

  Farrell, Daniel C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic homelessness; Clinical components; Outreach; Paradox; Unconscious conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949334961     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350903269872     Document Type: Article

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