Drug and Alcohol Use and the Link with Homelessness: Results from a Survey of Homeless People in London

Fountain, Jane E.; Howes, Samantha; Marsden, John; Taylor, Colin; Strang, John

doi:10.1080/1606635031000135631

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“…For example, a study by SAMHSA (2004) found that the rate of alcohol use, marijuana use, and illicit drug use was higher among adolescents who had run away in the past 12 months compared with those who had not run. Substance use also has been found to be a precipitating factor for becoming homeless (Embry, Vander Stoep, Evens, Ryan, & Pollak, 2000;Fountain, Howes, Marsden, Taylor, & Strang, 2003;McNaughton, 2008). Thompson and Pillai (2006) found that adolescents who drank alcohol were more likely to have run away more often compared with those who have never used alcohol.…”

Section: Problem Behaviorsmentioning

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Risk Factors for Running Away Among a General Population Sample of Males and Females

2011

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The present study examines risk factors for running away and homelessness among a sample of more than 7,000 currently housed youth using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Structural equation modeling results revealed that those with greater levels of family instability and those who ran away at Wave 2 were significantly more likely to run away and/ or become homeless 5 years later at Wave 3. Family instability also had a significant indirect effect on running away and/or being homeless at Wave 3 through greater levels of problem behaviors and running away at Wave 2. Running away at Wave 1 was indirectly associated with running away and/or becoming homeless at Wave 3 through family instability, problem behavior, and Wave 2 running.

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Section: Problem Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Factors for Running Away Among a General Population Sample of Males and Females

2011

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“…5,6 Mental disorders are prevalent among homeless people, [7][8][9] with substance dependence the most common diagnosis among homeless populations across the Western world, occurring at rates far exceeding those among the general population. [10][11][12][13][14] A recent meta-analysis indicated that up to 59 % of homeless people are alcohol dependent, and 54 % are dependent on at least one illicit drug. 7 Other evidence suggests that more than half of homeless people with a substance use disorder suffer at least one comorbid psychiatric disorder.…”

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“…58 Despite the scale of the issue and the targets set, many gaps remain in our knowledge of homelessness in Australia. Notably in this context, information on the prevalence of drug use among homeless people is substantial and clearly demonstrates a strong relationship, 10,12,14,15,17,59 yet data on homelessness among problem drug users are less readily available, having been collected only among restricted samples of drug users, such as those seeking treatment, 20 or participants of studies of HIV prevalence, incidence, and risk behaviors and risk reduction interventions. 34,48,[51][52][53] Since 1995, the Australian NSP Survey (ANSPS) has provided annual point prevalence estimates to monitor patterns of BBV infection and risk behaviors among needle and syringe program (NSP) clients.…”

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Housing Instability among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey

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“…A similar study to the Sharman et al study (in terms of sample size and location) was carried out by study by Fountain et al (2003) on 389 homeless people in London. They reported that 36% of the homeless people in their sample were dependent on heroin (n = 139) and 25% on alcohol (n = 97).…”

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The Relationship Between Gambling and Homelessness: A Commentary on Sharman et al. (2014)

Griffiths

2014

J Gambl Stud

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The relationship between problem gambling and homelessness is a little studied area in the gambling studies field. A recent study in the Journal of Gambling Studies by Sharman, Dreyer, et al (2014) is the first quantitative study in Great Britain on this interesting and important topic. In this context, the study is to be commended and provides an empirical benchmark on which other studies can build. The study reported a problem gambling prevalence rate of 11.6% and is significantly higher than the problem gambling rate of the general population in Great Britain (which is less than 1%). However, given the political sensitivity surrounding the expansion of bookmakers in the UK, the study needs further contextualization otherwise the findings of such studies may be used by anti-gambling lobby groups to serve their own political agendas. While it is good that such an area has been empirically investigated in Great Britain, this paper briefly (i) places the issue of problem gambling among the homeless into the wider context of problems among the homeless more generally (particularly in relation to mental health problems and other addictive behaviors), (ii) highlights some of the methodological problems and weaknesses of the study, and (iii) notes a number of factual errors made in the paper.

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Drug and Alcohol Use and the Link with Homelessness: Results from a Survey of Homeless People in London

Cited by 59 publications

References 4 publications

Risk Factors for Running Away Among a General Population Sample of Males and Females

Risk Factors for Running Away Among a General Population Sample of Males and Females

Housing Instability among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey

The Relationship Between Gambling and Homelessness: A Commentary on Sharman et al. (2014)

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