Homelessness and children's use of mental health services: A population-based study

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-265

  Park, Jung Min ^a   Metraux, Stephen ^b   Culhane, Dennis P ^c   Mandell, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Foster care; Homelessness; Inpatient and ambulatory treatment; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455202465     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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