Prevalence
Fifteen per cent of people treated for mental health disorders are homeless
Folsom DP, Hawthorne W, Lindamer L, et al. 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 health system. Am J Psychiatry 2005;162:370–6.
Q What is the prevalence of homelessness in people treated for mental health disorders?
Key Words: homelessness
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Design:
Cross sectional study.
Setting:
Adult Mental Health Services database in San Diego County, USA, for the fiscal year 1999–2000.
Population:
10 340 adults with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression, who received treatment at least once during the year, and had data available for ethnicity, living situation, and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score. People in jail or locked psychiatric facilities were excluded.
Assessment:
People were recorded as homeless if they were living on the street, in a homeless shelter, in a nightly hotel, or a car at the time of treatment in the San Diego County Adult Mental Health Service.
Outcomes:
Homelessness.
The overall prevalence of homelessness in people treated for mental health disorders was 15%. Homelessness was most prevalent in people with schizophrenia (20%), followed by bipolar disorder (17%) and depression (9%).
Homelessness is a problem in people treated for mental health disorders. Research
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael’s Hospital;
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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