Disaster psychiatry and homelessness: creating a mental health COVID-19 response.

Lancet Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2020

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