The homeless mentally ill in Tucson: implications of early findings.
Homeless persons who received emergency psychiatric screening in a public general hospital exhibited patterns of gross geographic mobility. They did not uniformly avail themselves of community services, such as soup kitchens, and there were marked sex differences within the sample.
Bachrach
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Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Catonsville, MD.
Santiago
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Berren
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Hannah
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D000328:Adult; D001130:Arizona; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012946:Social Welfare