The prevalence of mental disorders among the homeless in western countries: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.
BACKGROUND: There are well over a million homeless people in Western Europe and North America, but reliable estimates of the prevalence of major mental disorders among this population are lacking. We undertook a systematic review of surveys of such disorders in homeless people. METHODS AND FINDINGS:...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2592351?pdf=render |