Predictors of first mental health service utilization among homeless and runaway adolescents

Berdahl, Terceira A.; Hoyt, Dan R.; Whitbeck, Les B.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.08.030

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“…Gender has been especially found to be an important correlate of service use among this population; with females being more likely than males to access mental health treatment (Berdahl et al, 2005), medical services (De Rosa et al 1999; Klein et al, 2000) and HIV testing services (Solorio et al, 2006; Tyler et al, 2012). Race has been associated with both utilization and underutilization of services.…”

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Social networks as the context for understanding employment services utilization among homeless youth

Barman‐Adhikari

Rice

2014

Evaluation and Program Planning

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Little is known about the factors associated with use of employment services among homeless youth. Social network characteristics have been known to be influential in motivating people's decision to seek services. Traditional theoretical frameworks applied to studies of service use emphasize individual factors over social contexts and interactions. Using key social network, social capital, and social influence theories, this paper developed an integrated theoretical framework that could capture the social network processes that act as barriers or facilitators of use of employment services by homeless youth, and understand empirically, the salience of each of these constructs in influencing the use of employment services among homeless youth. We used the “Event based-approach” strategy to recruit a sample of 136 homeless youth at one drop-in agency serving homeless youth in Los Angeles, California in 2008. The participants were queried regarding their individual and network characteristics. Data were entered into NetDraw 2.090 and the spring embedder routine was used to generate the network visualizations. Logistic regression was used to assess the influence of the network characteristics on use of employment services. The study findings suggest that social capital is more significant in understanding why homeless youth use employment services, relative to network structure and network influence. In particular, bonding and bridging social capital were found to have differential effects on use of employment services among this population. The results from this study provide specific directions for interventions aimed to increase use of employment services among homeless youth.

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Social networks as the context for understanding employment services utilization among homeless youth

Barman‐Adhikari

Rice

2014

Evaluation and Program Planning

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“…19 Younger homeless youth are also at greater likelihood of having experienced domestic violence and to continue experiencing violence when homeless. In addition, earlier age of homelessness is associated with an elevated risk of depression and adverse mental health sequelae.…”

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“…In addition, earlier age of homelessness is associated with an elevated risk of depression and adverse mental health sequelae. 19 …”

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Psychiatric Disorders, High-Risk Behaviors, and Chronicity of Episodes Among Predominantly African American Homeless Chicago Youth

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Gustafson²,

Ford³

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Objective This cross-sectional study investigated the relationships between psychiatric and substance-related disorders, high-risk behaviors, and the onset, duration, and frequency of homelessness among homeless youth in Chicago. Methods Sixty-six homeless youth were recruited from two shelters in Chicago. Demographic characteristics, psychopathology, substance use, and risk behaviors were assessed for each participant. Results Increased frequency and duration of homeless episodes were positively correlated with higher rates of psychiatric diagnoses. Increased number of psychiatric diagnoses was positively correlated with increased high-risk behaviors. Participants with diagnoses of Current Suicidality, Manic Episodes, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Substance Abuse, and Psychotic Disorder had a higher chronicity of homelessness than those without diagnoses. Conclusions Significant differences were evident between the three time parameters, suggesting that stratification of data by different time variables may benefit homelessness research by identifying meaningful subgroups who may benefit from individualized interventions.

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“…Solorio et al 37 found that perceived emotional distress was associated with service use but only when a young person was in contact with support services (OR 3.9, 95% CI 2.2 to 6.7). Similarly, Berdahl et al 34 identified that mental distress was likely to be more common among young people who made contact with mental health services after becoming homeless as opposed to before. Buckner and Bassuk36 found that homeless youths and non-homeless youths were less likely to be in contact with health and mental health services if they had multiple mental health needs.…”

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“…The importance of support to access services is highlighted 34 35. However, none of the studies examined the relationship between mental health and physical health service use or drug/alcohol service use.…”

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Mental health problems in young people with experiences of homelessness and the relationship with health service use: a follow-up study

Hodgson

Shelton

Bree

2014

Evid Based Mental Health

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Predictors of first mental health service utilization among homeless and runaway adolescents

Cited by 87 publications

References 23 publications

Social networks as the context for understanding employment services utilization among homeless youth

Social networks as the context for understanding employment services utilization among homeless youth

Psychiatric Disorders, High-Risk Behaviors, and Chronicity of Episodes Among Predominantly African American Homeless Chicago Youth

Mental health problems in young people with experiences of homelessness and the relationship with health service use: a follow-up study

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