Characteristics of homeless adults with serious mental illness served by a state mental health transitional shelter

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 560-565

  Viron, Mark ^a,b   Bello, Iruma ^c,d   Freudenreich, Oliver ^b,e   Shtasel, Derri ^b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902828962     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-013-9607-5     Document Type: Article

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