Out on the street: A public health and policy Agenda for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth who are homeless

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-72

  Keuroghlian, Alex S ^a   Shtasel, Derri ^a   Bassuk, Ellen L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; HIV risk behaviors; Homelessness; LGBT youth; Substance use

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDOM USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; JUVENILE; LGBT PEOPLE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STANDARDIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENDERISM; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900830175     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0098852     Document Type: Article

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