Factors associated with poor mental health status among homeless women with and without dependent children

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 553-559

  Chambers, Catharine ^a   Chiu, Shirley ^a   Scott, Allison N ^a   Tolomiczenko, George ^b   Redelmeier, Donald A ^c,d   Levinson, Wendy ^c   Hwang, Stephen W ^a,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction Severity Index; Homeless persons; Mental health; SF 12; Women

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902806124     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9605-7     Document Type: Article

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