Substance Use Disorders

This study examined the prevalence of disordered gambling and its association with treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorders among a cohort of homeless people seeking treatment at a community services program. Between 1998 and 2000, intake workers evaluated the level of gambling disorder among 171 consecutive homeless persons with substance use disorders who sought treatment MORE

This article explores ways of correcting for sample selection bias, with advanced correction strategies, focusing on experiments in which clients refuse assignment into treatment conditions. The sample selection modeling strategy, which is highly recommended but seldom applied to random sample psychosocial experiments, and some alternatives are discussed. Data from an experiment on homelessness and substance abuse MORE

This article is based on a study that explores simultaneously the relative effects of childhood abuse and early parental substance abuse on later chronic homelessness, depression, and substance abuse problems in a sample of homeless women. The authors also examine whether self-esteem and recent violence can serve as mediators between the childhood predictors and the dysfunctional MORE

This report contains the most recently available mid-year estimates from the 2002 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), which collects data on estimates of drug-related emergency department episodes and drug mentions. It provides program administrators and health professionals with a measurement of the health consequences of drug use and the impact of drugs on the nation’s health MORE

This article examines the effectiveness of three county programs developed to reduce emergency resource utilization while still providing a safe environment. The authors determined the frequency, cost, and types of health care services given to chronic inebriates living on the streets, and similar data after they enrolled in one of the county programs. The authors assert MORE

This study’s objective was to investigate whether substance abuse is a direct factor in the explanation of homelessness or one that operates indirectly through disaffiliation and human capital processes to place individuals at greater risk of condition. Analyses were conducted using data on substance abuse and homeless experiences from a random probability sample of 481 homeless MORE

This article describes results of a study in which detection of current drug use by analysis of hair was examined along with self-reports of current use. This occurred in a 1994 treatment needs assessment survey with a sample of 179 homeless/transient adults in New York State. Results of radioimmunoassay of hair were used to evaluate the MORE

This article looks at the linkages between the sex-for-crack exchanges, prostitution, and rising rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among cocaine-dependent women. As crack began to disappear from the headlines during the 1990s, however, it was assumed by many that crack had fallen on hard times in the street drug culture. The article examines MORE

This study’s aim is to describe injection risk behaviors while in detention in a sample of drug users (IDUs) in Los Angeles County. Cross-sectional, interviewer-administered, face-to-face risk survey, and serological screening for HIV and hepatitis B were conducted at four street locations in Los Angeles County between 1994 and 1996. All interviews were conducted in a MORE

This study presents the prevalence and treatment outcome of DUAL diagnoses (psychoactive substance use disorders [PSUD] plus other nonpsychotic mental disorders) among a population of homeless persons participating in a behavioral day treatment and contingency management drug abuse treatment program. Cocaine and alcohol disorders were most prevalent overall, and over half of participants had two or MORE