Background Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders constitute a huge global burden of
disease and they are major contributors to disability as well as premature mortality among …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among homeless people and is
associated with an increased risk of mortality from suicide, medical causes, and drug-related …

Objective This descriptive study examined the prevalence and correlates of trauma,
substance use, and mental health symptoms in homeless transitional age youth (TAY) in …

Objective This study aimed to determine the following: 1) the proportion of women in the
homeless population with schizophrenia (SZ) or bipolar disorder (BD), in addition to the …

Homeless young adults ages 18–25 exhibit high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use,
and sexual risk behaviors such as unprotected sex. Yet few programs exist for this …

Emotional processes are important to survive. The Darwinian adaptive concept of stress
refers to natural selection since evolved individuals have acquired effective strategies to …

This is a summary of the guidelines for working with low-income and economically
marginalized (LIEM) people developed by the American Psychological Association (APA) …

Background Child maltreatment has emerged as an important risk factor for substance use.
However, despite evidence consistently demonstrating that substance use peaks during …

METHODS: We conducted a secondary data analysis of ninth-and 11th-graders in the 2016
minnesota Student Survey (n= 68 785). We categorized youth into 4 subgroups based on …

Abstract Using Agnew's (2006) general strain theory as a guide, we seek to identify some of
the key events and experiences that place homeless youth at high risk of justice system …