Sociodemographic and clinical profile of homeless mentally ill inpatients in a north Indian medical university

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 404-409

  Tripathi, A ^a   Nischal, A ^a   Dalal, P K ^a   Agarwal, V ^a   Agarwal, M ^a   Trivedi, J K ^a   Gupta, B ^a   Arya, A ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Homeless mentally ill; Homelessness; India; Reasons for homelessness; Socio demography of homeless

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CO-MORBIDITY; HOMELESS MENTALLY ILL; HOMELESSNESS; INDIA; REASONS FOR HOMELESSNESS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHY OF HOMELESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84884166424     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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