Symptoms of schizophrenia and psychosis according to foreign birth in a Canadian sample of homeless persons

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1187-1193

  Dealberto, Marie José C C ^a   Middlebro, Alison ^b   Farrell, Susan ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HALLUCINATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 80054863547     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.10.pss6210_1187     Document Type: Article

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