U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Improving Access to Mainstream Services for "Chronically" Homeless Persons, Including Individuals with Serious Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Problems, Hyatt Harborside, Boston, Massachusetts, April 9-11, 2002


Homelessness and Substance Abuse

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Frisman LK, Rosenheck R. The relationship of public support payments to substance abuse among homeless veterans with mental illness. Psychiatr Serv 48 (6):792-5, Jun 1997.

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Koegel P, Sullivan G, Burnam A, Morton SC, Wenzel S. Utilization of mental health and substance abuse services among homeless adults in Los Angeles. Med Care 37 (3):306-17, Mar 1999.

MacLean MG, Paradise MJ, Cauce AM. Substance use and psychological adjustment in homeless adolescents: a test of three models. Am J Community Psychol 27 (3):405-27, Jun 1999.

Meisler N, Blankertz L, Santos AB, McKay C. Impact of assertive community treatment on homeless persons with co-occurring severe psychiatric and substance use disorders. Community Ment Health J 33 (2):113-22, Apr 1997.

Noell JW, Ochs LM. Relationship of sexual orientation to substance use, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and other factors in a population of homeless adolescents. J Adolesc Health 29 (1):31-6, Jul 2001.

Orwin RG, Garrison Mogren R, Jacobs ML, Sonnefeld LJ. Retention of homeless clients in substance abuse treatment. Findings from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Cooperative Agreement Program. J Subst Abuse Treat 17 (1-2):45-66, Jul-Sep 1999.

Rosenheck R, Lam J, Randolph F. Impact of representative payees on substance use by homeless persons with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv 48 (6):800-6, Jun 1997.

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Slesnick N, Meade M. System youth: a subgroup of substance-abusing homeless adolescents. J Subst Abuse 13 (3):367-84, 2001.

Smereck GA, Hockman EM. Prevalence of HIV infection and HIV risk behaviors associated with living place: on-the-street homeless drug users as a special target population for public health intervention. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 24 (2):299-319, May 1998.

Song JY, Safaeian M, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, Celentano DD. The prevalence of homelessness among injection drug users with and without HIV infection. J Urban Health 77 (4):678-87, Dec 2000.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP. Substance use patterns among homeless migrants and nonmigrants in Chicago. Subst Use Misuse 32 (7-8):877-907, Jun 1997.

Velasquez MM, Crouch C, von Sternberg K, Grosdanis I. Motivation for change and psychological distress in homeless substance abusers. J Subst Abuse Treat 19 (4):395-401, Dec 2000.

Wenzel SL, Audrey Burnam M, Koegel P, Morton SC, Miu A, Jinnett KJ, Greer Sullivan J. Access to inpatient or residential substance abuse treatment among homeless adults with alcohol or other drug use disorders. Med Care 39 (11):1158-69, Nov 2001.

Whitbeck LB, Hoyt DR, Bao WN. Depressive symptoms and co-occurring depressive symptoms, substance abuse, and conduct problems among runaway and homeless adolescents. Child Dev 71 (3):721-32, May-Jun 2000.

Zlotnick C, Robertson MJ, Tam T. Substance use and labor force participation among homeless adults. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 28 (1):37-53, 2002.