Assessing Executive and Community Functioning Among Homeless Persons with Substance Use Disorders Using the Executive Function Performance Test

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 135-143

  Raphael Greenfield, Emily ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive and task functioning; Homelessness; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865738568     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: 15570703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.1328     Document Type: Article

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