The Prevalence of Psychotic Symptoms in Homeless Adolescents

Mundy, Peter; Robertson, Marjorie J.; Robertson, Julia M; Greenblatt, Milton

doi:10.1097/00004583-199009000-00008

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“…Several studies have included PTSD symptom measures (Buckner & Bassuk, 1997;Mundy, Robertson, Robertson, & Greenblatt, 1990), while others estimated PTSD among sheltered adolescents who had never spent time directly on the streets (McCaskill, Toro, & Wolfe, 1998), thus excluding those particularly at risk. We could locate only two prior studies that included diagnostic assessments of PTSD in samples of homeless youth who have actually spent time on the streets.…”

Section: Diagnostic Studies Of Ptsd Among Homeless and Runaway Adolesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Victimization and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents

Whitbeck¹,

Hoyt

Johnson³

et al. 2007

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This article presents lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates and comorbidity for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among a sample of 428 homeless and runaway adolescents. Data are from baseline interviews of a longitudinal diagnostic study of 428 (187 males; 241 females) homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16–19 years (mean age = 17.4 years, SD = 1.05). The data were collected by full-time street interviewers on the streets and in shelters in eight Midwestern cities of various populations. About one-third (35.5%) of the runaways met lifetime criteria for PTSD and 16.1% met 12-month criteria for the disorder. More than 90% of the adolescents who met criteria for PTSD met criteria for at least one of the other four diagnoses. Multivariate analyses indicated that correlates of PTSD were age of adolescent, being female, having experienced serious physical abuse and/or sexual abuse from an adult caretaker, and having been assaulted or injured by weapon when on the street. The multiplicative interaction between sexual abuse by caretaker and sexual assault when the adolescents were on their own was statistically significant, indicating that rape victims were highly likely to meet criteria for PTSD regardless of early sexual abuse. At very high levels of early sexual abuse, the probability of meeting criteria for PTSD converges with that for sexual assault victims.

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Section: Diagnostic Studies Of Ptsd Among Homeless and Runaway Adolesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Victimization and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents

Whitbeck¹,

Hoyt

Johnson³

et al. 2007

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“…Feitel and colleagues using DISC-R criteria with 150 shelter adolescents reported 41% of youths met the clinical cutoff for alcohol and drug abuse (Feitel, Nell, Chamas, & Lipman, 1992). Among 96 youths from shelters and the streets of Los Angeles interviewed by Mundy and associates, 39% met DSM III diagnostic criteria for drug use or dependency, and 48% met criteria for alcohol abuse or dependency (Mundy, Robertson, & Robertson, 1990). A Detroit area study (McCaskill, Toro, & Wolfe, 1998) that compared diagnostic assessments of 118 housed and 118 "homeless" adolescents reported prevalence rates based on the DISC-R (DSM-III-R criteria): 24% drug abuse/dependence and 21% alcohol abuse/dependence for the "homeless" adolescents.…”

Section: Diagnostic Studies Of Substance Abuse Among Homeless and Runmentioning

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Substance Abuse Disorders among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents

Johnson¹,

Whitbeck²,

Hoyt³

2005

Journal of Drug Issues

100

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This paper presents lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates and comorbidity data for substance abuse disorders among homeless and runaway adolescents. Data are from baseline interviews of a longitudinal diagnostic study of 428 (187 males and 241 females) homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16 to 19 years (mean age = 17.4 years, SD = 1.05). The data were collected by full-time interviewers on the streets and in shelters in eight Midwestern cities of various populations. About two thirds (60.5%) of the runaways met lifetime criteria for at least one of three substance disorders (alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, drug abuse), and nearly one half (48.1%) met 12-month criteria for at least one of the disorders. Nearly all of the adolescents (93%) who met criteria for a substance disorder met criteria for at least one other mental disorder. Those factors most predictive of meeting lifetime criteria include parenting practices, experience of abuse, and association with deviant peers.

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“…Abused adolescents are more likely to report depressive symptoms (Allen & Tarnowski, 1989;Mundy, Robertson, Robertson, & Greenblatt, 1990), experience attachment disorders (Stefanidis, Pennbridge, Mackenzie, & Pottharst, 1992), report symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (Kiser, Heston, Millsap, & Pruite, 1991;Wolfe, Gentile, & Wolfe, 1989), report higher levels of substance abuse (Dembo et al, 1992;Singer, Petchers, & Hussey, 1989), and engage in delinquent or other high-risk behaviors (Silbert & Pines, 1981;Widom & Ames, 1994) than adolescents from non-abusive backgrounds. Recent research suggests experiencing both physical and sexual abuse has cumulative negative developmental effects over and above experiencing either type of abuse individually (Kurtz et al, 1991).…”

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A Risk‐Amplification Model of Victimization and Depressive Symptoms Among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents

Whitbeck

Hoyt

Yoder

1999

American J of Comm Psychol

225

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This report is an examination of a theoretical model of risk amplification within a sample of 255 homeless and runaway adolescents. The young people were interviewed on the streets and in shelters in urban centers of four Midwestern states. Separate models were examined for males (n = 102) and females (n = 153). Results indicated that street experiences such as affiliation with deviant peers, deviant subsistence strategies, risky sexual behaviors, and drug and/or alcohol use amplified the effects of early family abuse on victimization and depressive symptoms for young women. These street adaptations significantly increased the likelihood of serious victimization over and above the effects of early family history for both young men and women. Similarly, street behaviors and experiences increased the likelihood of depressive symptoms for young women over the effects of early family abuse, but not for young men. The risk‐amplification model from the life course theoretical perspective is discussed as an example of the cumulative continuity of maladaptive behaviors.

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The Prevalence of Psychotic Symptoms in Homeless Adolescents

Cited by 66 publications

References 19 publications

Victimization and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents

Victimization and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents

Substance Abuse Disorders among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents

A Risk‐Amplification Model of Victimization and Depressive Symptoms Among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents

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