New developments in autism

K Bertoglio, RL Hendren - Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2009 - Elsevier
The substantial increase in the prevalence of autism necessitates that practicing physicians
become more familiar with the presentation of symptoms to increase early diagnoses and …

Characteristics of COVID-19 in homeless shelters: a community-based surveillance study

JH Rogers, AC Link, D McCulloch… - Annals of Internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Homeless shelters are a high-risk setting for severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission because of crowding and shared …

Prevalence and risk factors for homelessness and utilization of mental health services among 10,340 patients with serious mental illness in a large public mental …

DP Folsom, W Hawthorne, L Lindamer… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the prevalence of and risk factors for homelessness
among all patients treated for serious mental illnesses in a large public mental health system …

“The street will drive you crazy”: why homeless psychotic women in the institutional circuit in the United States often say no to offers of help

TM Luhrmann - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2008 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Many people who struggle with psychotic disorder often refuse offers of help, including
housing, extended by mental health services. This article uses the ethnographic method to …

Health status and health care experiences among homeless patients in federally supported health centers: findings from the 2009 patient survey

LA Lebrun‐Harris, TP Baggett… - Health services …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine health status and health care experiences of homeless patients in
health centers and to compare them with their nonhomeless counterparts. Data …

Homelessness, health status, and health care use

B Schanzer, B Dominguez… - American journal of …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. Little is known about the health status of those who are newly homeless. We
sought to describe the health status and health care use of new clients of homeless shelters …

Health care utilization patterns of homeless individuals in Boston: preparing for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act

M Bharel, WC Lin, J Zhang… - … journal of public …, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We studied 6494 Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP)
patients to understand the disease burden and health care utilization patterns for a group of …

Association of substance use and VA service‐connected disability benefits with risk of homelessness among veterans

EL Edens, W Kasprow, J Tsai… - The American Journal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recent public attention on homelessness has shifted beyond emergency services and
supportive housing to primary prevention. This study compares a national sample of …

Revolving doors: imprisonment among the homeless and marginally housed population

MB Kushel, JA Hahn, JL Evans… - … journal of public …, 2005 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We studied a sample of homeless and marginally housed adults to examine
whether a history of imprisonment was associated with differences in health status, drug use …

Measuring homelessness and residential stability: The residential time‐line follow‐back inventory

S Tsemberis, G McHugo, V Williams… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable and valid longitudinal residential histories are needed to assess interventions to
reduce homelessness and increase community tenure. This study examined the test‐retest …