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Author(s): Nick Kerman, John Ecker, Emmy Tiderington, Stephen Gaetz, Sean A. Kidd
Publisher: Journal of Mental Health
Publication Date: 2022
This 2022 study explores the impact of workplace traumas and stressors among service providers working with people experiencing homelessness in Canada.
Author(s): Nick Kerman, John Ecker, Stephen Gaetz, Emmy Tiderington, Sean A. Kidd
Publication Date: 2021
Objective:
This study examined the scope of common mental health problems and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among direct service providers working with people experiencing homelessness in Canada.
Method:
This cross-sectional study used an online survey that was disseminated to homeless service, supportive housing, and harm reduction organizations and networks. Data were collected on depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic stress,...
Author(s): Deborah Padgett, Bikki Tran Smith, Mimi Choy-Brown, Emmy Tiderington, Micaela Mercado
Publication Date: 2016
Recovery from mental illness is possible, but individuals with co-occurring disorders and homelessness face challenges. Although a nonlinear recovery course is assumed, few studies have analyzed recovery over time. This mixed-methods study examined recovery trajectories over 18 months after enrollment in supportive housing programs of 38 participants with DSM axis I diagnoses.
Qualitative interview data were quantified through consensual ratings...
Author(s): Benjamin F. Henwood, Deborah K. Padgett, Emmy Tiderington
Publication Date: 2014
Harm reduction is considered by many to be a legitimate alternative to abstinence-based services for dually diagnosed individuals, yet there is limited understanding of how varying approaches affect front-line practice within services for homeless adults. This paper examines how front-line providers working with individuals who have experienced homelessness, serious mental illness, and addiction view policies of harm reduction versus abstinence w...