We compared homeless to domiciled psychiatric patients' symptomatology and perceived level of social support (PSS) within hours of psychiatric emergency service (PES) arrival. Homeless patients experienced less PSS and more negative symptoms, but not more psychosis, than their domiciled counterparts
Psychiatric illness in patients presenting for obesity treatment
β Scribed by Goldsmith, Scott J. ;Anger-Friedfeld, Katharina ;Rudolph, Diane ;Boeck, Marjorie ;Aronne, Louis
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 584 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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