Missed opportunities: Childhood learning disabilities as early indicators of risk among homeless adults with mental illness in Vancouver, British Columbia

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Patterson, Michelle Louise ^a   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^a   Frankish, Charles James ^b   Somers, Julian M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

EID: 84873882868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001586     Document Type: Article

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