Drug abuse, cigarette smoking and alcohol use anmong young homeless peopleH. Adamczuk
Credible estimates of the prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse suggest that alcohol abuse affects 30% to 40% and drug abuse 10% to 15% of homeless persons. A review of policies that address substance abuse among the homeless finds that interventions alternate between control and rehabilitation. ...
The great majority of homeless people have either a drug or alcohol problem or a mental illness—many have all three. The cost to U.S. society for health care, in lost work productivity, in crime, and due to other factors related to drug and alcohol addiction and abuse is estimated to ...
The objective of this paper is to profile the role of homelessness in drug and sexual risk in a population of young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Data are from a cross-sectional survey collected between 2000 and 2001 in New York City ( N = 569). With the goal of examining the...
Interviews recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically by framework techniques.Homeless people recognise signs of a heroin overdose and many are prepared to take responsibility to give naloxone, providing prior training and support is provided. Previous reports of the theoretical potential for abuse ...
A number of these studies have also highlighted the prevalence of a host of early negative life events among homeless youth, and noted that they are strongly correlated with drug abuse, particularly in homeless YMSM (Kipke et al., 1993; Sibthorpe, Drinkwater, Gardner, & Bammer, 1995; ...
Four of the homeless patients became ill after vaccination and were probably infected at the time. This study shows that Dutch homeless people and drug users involved in HAV outbreaks should be offered HAV vaccine actively to prevent further spread of the infection. Furthermore, it was shown by...
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Drug addiction, otherwise known as substance use disorder, is defined as a mental disorder that causes an individual to compulsively consume a substance and can also be indicated by the voluntary misuse and abuse of drugs or substances despite the severe negative side effects it has on an ...
One hundred people who make use of an organization housing the young, single homeless were interviewed using a semi-structured interview. There was a high prevalence of problems, including substance abuse and dependence, other mental health problems, extensive use of health services and extensive expe...