TY - JOUR
T1 - Combined substance abuse and psychiatric disorders in homeless and domiciled patients
AU - Herman, Merrill
AU - Galanter, Marc
AU - Lifshutz, Harold
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Sylvia Boris, PhD, Hugo Franco, MD, and Ricardo Castaneda, MD, for their support and assistance in completing this study. This project was conducted with support from a grant from the New York State Task Force on Integrated Projects (No. CoooO38) and from the Scajfe Foundation.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Abstract Although homelessness in patients with combined addictive and psychiatric illness is a common problem, little has been reported about the epidemiology of homelessness in this patient population. The authors, in a study of 100 dually diagnosed patients admitted to a large metropolitan psychiatric ho!;pital, found that a large portion of patients (N = 46) were homeless at the time of admission. Alcohol and crack/cocaine were the most frequently used drugs. Interestingly, there were no significant differences on most parameters between those who were homeless and those who were not. The authors observed that among the disadvantaged, inner-city dually diagnosed, many move in and out of the homeless state, seriously compromising their chances for recovery. Self-help treatment programs were more commonly used by homeless than domiciled patients. The homeless population may therefore be amenable to treatment in 12-step groups, as are domiciled patients.
AB - Abstract Although homelessness in patients with combined addictive and psychiatric illness is a common problem, little has been reported about the epidemiology of homelessness in this patient population. The authors, in a study of 100 dually diagnosed patients admitted to a large metropolitan psychiatric ho!;pital, found that a large portion of patients (N = 46) were homeless at the time of admission. Alcohol and crack/cocaine were the most frequently used drugs. Interestingly, there were no significant differences on most parameters between those who were homeless and those who were not. The authors observed that among the disadvantaged, inner-city dually diagnosed, many move in and out of the homeless state, seriously compromising their chances for recovery. Self-help treatment programs were more commonly used by homeless than domiciled patients. The homeless population may therefore be amenable to treatment in 12-step groups, as are domiciled patients.
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U2 - 10.3109/00952999109001600
DO - 10.3109/00952999109001600
M3 - Article
C2 - 1746503
AN - SCOPUS:0025941695
VL - 17
SP - 415
EP - 422
JO - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
JF - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
SN - 0095-2990
IS - 4
ER -