Physical and Mental Health Issues among Homeless Youth in British Columbia, Canada: Are they Different from Older Homeless Adults?

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Published in J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry on September 01, 2014

Authors

Sahoo Saddichha1, Isabelle Linden2, Michael Reinhardt Krausz3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia.
2: Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
3: Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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