Prevalence of treated behavioral disorders among adult shelter users: A longitudinal study.

Culhane, Dennis P; Avery, June M.; Hadley, Trevor R.

doi:10.1037/h0080271

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“…While the emphasis in this article has been on health and health care disparities among homeless women, our findings remind us that homeless women of all racial/ethnic groups face major threats to their health and access to appropriate medical care. These findings confirm those of other studies, which have documented homeless women's predisposition to poor health (Burt et al, 1999; Culhane, Avery, & Hadley, 1998; Gelberg et al, 2009; North & Smith, 1993; Robertson, 1991; Weinreb, Goldberg, & Perloff, 1998; Weitzman et al, 1992; Winkleby & Boyce, 1994). Housing instability, itself, significantly reduces health, access to health care and use of acute care services (Reid, Vittinghoff, & Kushel, 2008).…”

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Health and Health Care Disparities Among Homeless Women

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While disparities in health and health care between vulnerable (e.g., minorities, low income) and majority populations are well documented, less is known about disparities within these special populations that are large and diverse. Such knowledge is essential to determine the most needy within these generally needy populations and to plan interventions to reduce their health and health care disparities. With data from 1,331 women residing in Los Angeles County, in one of the largest, most comprehensive studies of the health of homeless women to date, we examined the health and health care disparities among homeless African American, Latina and white women. We further explored if race/ethnicity and other factors that predispose homeless women to poor health or enable them to obtain better health care were associated with their unmet need for medical care. We found that white, non-Latina women were more likely to report unmet need than African Americans and Latinas, and women suffering from drug abuse, violence, or depression were most in need of care. These findings should be considered in targeting and addressing the special needs of homeless women of different racial/ethnic groups.

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Health and Health Care Disparities Among Homeless Women

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“…The other statistical comparison made in this review was a comparison of the prevalence rates of schizophrenia in homeless men and women. We considered the six investigations (seven reports) which reported prevalence rates for men and women separately (6, 14, 20–24). For each of these studies, a ratio was calculated by dividing the prevalence rate of schizophrenia among the women by that in the men.…”

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Schizophrenia in homeless persons: a systematic review of the literature

Folsom

Jeste

2002

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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“…People with COD are less able than others to attain and sustain basic economic and social roles (Kessler et al 1994). They are at high risk for premature mortality and disability (Michaud et al 2001;Murray and Lopez 1996), persistent homelessness (Culhane et al 1997(Culhane et al , 1998Culhane and Metraux 1999;Draine et al 2002;Caton et al 1994Caton et al , 2005, frequent arrest and incarceration (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2006), victimization (Hiday et al 1999) and poor health (Dickey et al 2002;Felker et al 1996), and their direct behavioral and medical health care costs are higher (Dickey and Azeni 1996).…”

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Mental Health Screening in Addiction, Corrections and Social Service Settings: Validating the MMS

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Haugland

Shang

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Objective This paper tests the validity of a simple and easy to use scale, the Modified Mini Screen (MMS) to identify people with mental health problems in the treatment ecology for chemical dependency, including specialty sector substance abuse treatment settings, and shelters, jails and street community outreach programs. Methods Four hundred and seventy-six individuals in chemical dependency treatment and in jails, shelters and outreach settings completed a set of 22 items to screen for mental disorders-the MMS-and a validation interview-the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnosis (SCID). ROC curve analysis was used to (1) determine the optimal range of cut points for identifying mental health problems in this culturally heterogeneous sample and wide range of treatment and community settings, and (2) calculate overall accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for the MMS. Results Forty three percent of the sample met criteria for a DSM-IV diagnosis of anxiety, mood or psychotic disorder. At cut points of 6-9, the sensitivity of the MMS ranged from 0.63-0.82, its specificity ranged from 0.61-0.83, and its overall accuracy ranged from 70-75%. At these cut points, the MMS screen performed equally well for men and women, and for African Americans and Caucasians, and is comparable to the performance of other screens validated for less compromised populations. A decision tool has been developed based on these results that is available from the authors.

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Prevalence of treated behavioral disorders among adult shelter users: A longitudinal study.

Cited by 23 publications

References 25 publications

Health and Health Care Disparities Among Homeless Women

Health and Health Care Disparities Among Homeless Women

Schizophrenia in homeless persons: a systematic review of the literature

Mental Health Screening in Addiction, Corrections and Social Service Settings: Validating the MMS

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