Mental Illness and Substance Use Problems in Relation to Homelessness Onset
| Autor: | Sarah Childress, Darla E. Kendzor, Lorraine R. Reitzel, Diane Santa Maria, Alexis Moisiuc, Michael S. Businelle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Social Psychology Substance-Related Disorders medicine.drug_class MEDLINE Logistic regression Humans Medicine Age of Onset Longitudinal cohort Psychiatry business.industry Mental Disorders Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental illness Texas Substance abuse Logistic Models Sedative Ill-Housed Persons Female Substance use Age of onset business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Health Behavior. 39:549-555 |
| ISSN: | 1945-7359 1087-3244 |
| DOI: | 10.5993/ajhb.39.4.11 |
| Popis: | Objectives The relationships among youth (≤ 24 years) versus adult (>24 years) homelessness onset, lifetime serious mental illness, and substance use problems is not well understood. We sought to explore these associations among 394 homeless adults, 124 of whom reported youth-onset homelessness. Methods Covariate-adjusted logistic regression analyses evaluated the associations among homelessness onset, serious mental illness, and self-reported substance use problems. Results Youth-onset homelessness was associated with greater likelihood of serious mental illness and sedative problems, and a lower likelihood of cocaine problems, in adjusted analyses (p values ≤ .04). Conclusions Serious mental illness and sedative problems may characterize homeless youth who are vulnerable to adulthood homelessness, although longitudinal cohort studies are needed to explicate temporal relations between variables. |
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