PREVALENCE OF TREATED BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AMONG ADULT SHELTER USERS: A Longitudinal Study | Zendy

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PREVALENCE OF TREATED BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AMONG ADULT SHELTER USERS: A Longitudinal Study

Author(s) -

Culhane Dennis P.,

Avery June M.,

Hadley Trevor R.

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

american journal of orthopsychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.959

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 1939-0025

pISSN - 0002-9432

DOI - 10.1037/h0080271

Subject(s) - mental health , psychiatry , substance use , public health , young adult , longitudinal study , substance abuse , medicine , epidemiology , gerontology , psychology , nursing , pathology

Of 27,638 homeless adults admitted to Philadelphia public shelters in the years 1990 through 1992, 20.1% received treatment for a mental health disorder, and 25.3% for a substance use disorder in the years 1985 through 1993. An additional 20.7% were identified as having untreated substance use problems. Overall, a total of 65.5% of adult shelter users were identified as ever having had a mental health or substance use problem, treated or untreated.

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