Homelessness and neuropsychological impairment: Preliminary analysis of adults entering outpatient psychiatric treatment

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 790-794

  Bousman, Chad A ^a   Twamley, Elizabeth W ^b   Vella, Lea ^b   Gale, Maiken ^b   Norman, Sonya B ^b   Judd, Patricia ^b   Everall, Ian P ^a   Heaton, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

homeless; Neuropsychological; psychiatric population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RECALL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REACTION TIME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 78349242143     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181f97dff     Document Type: Article

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