Sarah Childress1, Lorraine R Reitzel2, Diane Santa Maria3, Darla E Kendzor4, Alexis Moisiuc1, Michael S Businelle4. 1. The University of Houston, College of Education, Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, Houston, TX, USA. 2. The University of Houston, College of Education, Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, Houston, TX, USA; Affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, USA. Lrreitzel@uh.edu. 3. The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, USA. 4. The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The relationships among youth (≤ 24 years) versus adult (>24 years) homelessness onset, lifetime serious mental illness, and substance use problems is not well understood. We sought to explore these associations among 394 homeless adults, 124 of whom reported youth-onset homelessness. METHODS: Covariate-adjusted logistic regression analyses evaluated the associations among homelessness onset, serious mental illness, and self-reported substance use problems. RESULTS: Youth-onset homelessness was associated with greater likelihood of serious mental illness and sedative problems, and a lower likelihood of cocaine problems, in adjusted analyses (p values ≤ .04). CONCLUSIONS: Serious mental illness and sedative problems may characterize homeless youth who are vulnerable to adulthood homelessness, although longitudinal cohort studies are needed to explicate temporal relations between variables.
OBJECTIVES: The relationships among youth (≤ 24 years) versus adult (>24 years) homelessness onset, lifetime serious mental illness, and substance use problems is not well understood. We sought to explore these associations among 394 homeless adults, 124 of whom reported youth-onset homelessness. METHODS: Covariate-adjusted logistic regression analyses evaluated the associations among homelessness onset, serious mental illness, and self-reported substance use problems. RESULTS: Youth-onset homelessness was associated with greater likelihood of serious mental illness and sedative problems, and a lower likelihood of cocaine problems, in adjusted analyses (p values ≤ .04). CONCLUSIONS: Serious mental illness and sedative problems may characterize homeless youth who are vulnerable to adulthood homelessness, although longitudinal cohort studies are needed to explicate temporal relations between variables.
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