Housing First improves residential stability in homeless adults with concurrent substance dependence and mental disorders

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Palepu, Anita ^a   Patterson, Michelle L ^b   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^b   Frankish, C James ^c   Somers, Julian ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84888252525     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301628     Document Type: Article

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