Neurocognitive impairment in a large sample of homeless adults with mental illness

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 256-268

  Stergiopoulos, Vicky ^a,b   Cusi, A ^a   Bekele, T ^c   Skosireva, A ^a   Latimer, E ^d,e   Schutz C ^f   Fernando, I ^a   Rourke, S B ^a,b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Homeless persons; Mental disorders; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE USE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN INJURIES; CANADA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84924706791     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12391     Document Type: Article

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