Are the homeless mentally ill?

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-48

  Johnson, Guy ^a   Chamberlain, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental illness; Policy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960018822     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2011.tb00204.x     Document Type: Article

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