Mental health issues affecting homeless women: implications for intervention

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1993 Jul;63(3):385-99. doi: 10.1037/h0079445.

Abstract

A review of the relevant literature is followed by an exploration of the complex relationship, especially for women, between homelessness and mental health. Various mental health and gender-related concerns that have implications for the design of interventions for homeless women are explored.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Gender Identity*
  • Humans
  • Ill-Housed Persons / psychology*
  • Ill-Housed Persons / statistics & numerical data
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Mental Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Personality Development*
  • Single Parent / psychology*
  • Single Parent / statistics & numerical data
  • Social Environment
  • United States / epidemiology