Affordable housing, homelessness, and mental health: what heath care policy needs to address

EJ Martin - Journal of health and human services …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The United States economic crisis has deeply affected the lives of millions of Americans.
This has resulted in pay reductions, job layoffs, bankruptcies, and skyrocketing foreclosures …

Life changes among homeless persons with mental illness: a longitudinal study of housing first and usual treatment

G Nelson, M Patterson, M Kirst… - Psychiatric …, 2015 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: This study compared the life changes of homeless people with mental illness
participating in Housing First or treatment as usual and examined factors related to various …

[HTML][HTML] The role of financial conditions for physical and mental health. Evidence from a longitudinal survey and insurance claims data

P Bialowolski, D Weziak-Bialowolska, MT Lee… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Both theory and empirical evidence suggest that financial conditions are
influential for mental health and might contribute to physical health outcomes. Methods …

Predicting chronic homelessness

RJ Calsyn, GA Morse - Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1991 - journals.sagepub.com
Lack of human capital, social alienation, psychiatric pathology, and exposure to stressful life
events have all been offered as theoretical explanations for chronic homelessness. In this …

Mental and substance use disorders and food insecurity among homeless adults participating in the At Home/Chez Soi study

J Lachaud, C Mejia-Lancheros, R Wang, K Wiens… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Few studies have examined how food insecurity changes over time when living
with severe mental disorders or substance use disorders. This study identifies food …

Disparities in housing status among veterans with general medical, cognitive, and behavioral health conditions

AE Montgomery, ME Dichter… - Psychiatric …, 2015 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The study explored disparities in housing status among veterans with general
medical, cognitive, and behavioral health conditions. Methods: Multinomial mixed-effects …

Criminal behavior and victimization among homeless individuals with severe mental illness: a systematic review

L Roy, AG Crocker, TL Nicholls, EA Latimer… - Psychiatric …, 2014 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objectives The objectives of the systematic review were to estimate the prevalence and
correlates of criminal behavior, contacts with the criminal justice system, and victimization …

Coping and financial strain as predictors of mental illness in over‐indebted individuals in Sweden

R Holmgren, E Nilsson Sundström… - Scandinavian …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This cross‐sectional study examined psychological mechanisms in order to increase
knowledge regarding mental illness amongst 561 over‐indebted individuals in Sweden …

Homelessness history impacts on health outcomes and economic and risk behavior intermediaries: New insights from population data

SC Oppenheimer, PS Nurius, S Green - Families in Society, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Using data from the Washington Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, this study
assesses the relationship between homelessness history and physical and mental health …

Gender differences in response to homelessness services

AR Rich, C Clark - Evaluation and program planning, 2005 - Elsevier
This study examines the importance of considering gender in evaluating the effectiveness of
homelessness service interventions among solitary adults with severe mental illnesses. The …