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Mental Illness

Canada

Characteristics of adherence to methadone maintenance treatment over a 15-year period among homeless adults experiencing mental illness
MiladParpouchi
AkmMoniruzzaman
Stefanie N.Rezansoff
AngelaRussolillo
Julian M.Somers
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has important protective effects related to reduced illicit opioid use, infectious disease transmission, and overdose mortality. Adherence to MMT has not been examined among homeless people. We...
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North America
Costs of services for homeless people with mental illness in 5 Canadian cities: a large prospective follow-up study
EA Latimer
D Rabouin
Z Cao
A Ly
G Powell
T Aubry
J Distasio
SW Hwang
JM Somers
V Stergiopoulos
S Veldhuizen
EEM Moodie
A Lesage
PN Goering
Limited evidence on the costs of homelessness in Canada is available. We estimated the average annual costs, in total and by cost category, that homeless people with mental illness engender from the perspective of society. We also...
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North America
Effects of comorbid substance use disorders on outcomes in a Housing First intervention for homeless people with mental illness
Karen Urbanoski
Scott Veldhuizen
Michael Krausz
Christian Schütz
Julian M. Somers
Maritt Kirst
Marie-Josée Fleury
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Michelle Patterson
Verena Strehlau
Paula Goering
Evidence supports the effectiveness of Housing First (HF) programs for people who are experiencing homelessness and mental illness; however, questions remain about its use in people with comorbid substance use disorders (SUD). The aim of...
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Food security among individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness in the At Home/Chez Soi Trial
Patricia O’Campo
Stephen W Hwang
Agnes Gozdzik
Andrée Schuler
Vered Kaufman-Shriqui
Daniel Poremski
Luis Ivan Palma Lazgare
Jino Distasio
Slimane Belbraouet
Sindi Addorisio
Individuals experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. The At Home/Chez Soi study provides a unique opportunity to first examine baseline levels of food security among homeless individuals with mental illness...
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North America
Identifying Quality of Life Measures That Correlate With Quality of Family Relationships Measures in Homeless Persons With Mental Illness: Avenues for Exiting Homelessness?
Jean-Pierre Bonin
Geneviève Lavigne
Catherine Gros
Family relationships are known to play a significant role in helping persons with mental health issues exit homelessness. This study aims to identify the independent quality of life factors that correlate with quality of family...
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North America
Differential experiences of discrimination among ethnoracially diverse persons experiencing mental illness and homelessness
Suzanne Zerger
Sarah Bacon
Simon Corneau
Anna Skosireva
Kwame McKenzie
Susan Gapka
Patricia O'Campo
Aseefa Sarang
Vicky Stergiopoulos
This mixed methods study explored the characteristics of and experiences with perceived discrimination in an ethnically diverse urban sample of adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness.  Data were collected in Toronto, Ontario,...
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North America
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