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Author(s): Jack Tsai, Bruce Link, Robert A. Rosenheck, Robert H. Pietrzak
Publication Date: 2016
Purpose: To examine the prevalence of lifetime homelessness among veterans and use of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless services, as well as their association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.
Methods: A nationally representative sample of 1533 US veterans was surveyed July–August 2015.
Results: Among all veterans, 8.5 % reported any lifetime homelessness in their adult life, but only 17.2 % of those reported using VA homeless serv...
Author(s): Larry Nuttbrock, Michael Rahav, James Rivera, Daisy Ng-Mak, Bruce Link
Publication Date: 1998
OBJECTIVES: The feasibility and effectiveness of treating homeless mentally ill chemical abusers in community residences compared with a therapeutic community were evaluated. METHODS: A total of 694 homeless mentally ill chemical abusers were randomly referred to two community residences or a therapeutic community. All programs were enhanced to treat persons with dual diagnoses. Subjects' attrition, substance use, and psychopathology were mea...
Author(s): Bruce Link, Jo Phelan, Michaeline Bresnahan, Ann Stueve, Bernice Pescosolido
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: The authors used nationwide survey data to characterize current public conceptions related to recognition of mental illness and perceived causes, dangerousness, and desired social distance. METHODS: Data were derived from a vignette experiment included in the 1996 General Social Survey. Respondents (n = 1444) were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 vignette conditions. Four vignettes described psychiatric disorders meeting diagnostic cri...
Author(s): Bernice Pescosolido, John Monahan, Bruce Link, Ann Stueve, Saeko Kikuzawa
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others, and the use of legal means to force treatment. METHODS: The 1996 General Social Survey provided interview data with a nationally representative sample (n = 1444). Respondents were given a vignette based on diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, major depression, alcohol dependen...
Author(s): Michael Rahav, Larry Nuttbrock, James Rivera, Bruce Link
Publication Date: 1998
This study attempts to identify the specific role that each of three conditions afflicting homeless, mentally ill, chemically misusing (HMICM) men plays in exposing these men to the risk of HIV infection. Three hundred and fifteen HMICM men (33 of whom were HIV +) were interviewed on intravenous drug use (IVDU) and sex practices. Two scales of risky IVDU practices and sex conducts were constructed and analyzed in relation to HIV status. The sever...
Author(s): Jo Phelan, Bruce Link, Robert Moore, Ann Stueve
Publication Date: 1997
Poor people have long been stigmatized and blamed for their situation. According to theory about stigma and about inequality-legitimating ideologies, homeless people should be stigmatized even more severely than the generic poor. Recent research suggests that the opposite may be true, but the data used in comparing attitudes toward homeless and other poor people have not been strictly comparable. Thus the conclusions that can be drawn are limited...
Author(s): Jeffrey Johnson, Patricia Cohen, Bruce Dohrenwend, Bruce Link, Judith S. Brook
Publication Date: 1999
Social causation theory and social selection theory have been put forth to explain the finding that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with risk for psychiatric disorders. The predictions of both theories were investigated using data from a community-based longitudinal study. Psychosocial interviews were administered to 736 families from 2 counties in New York State in 1975, 1983, 1985-1986, and 1991-1993. Results indicated that (a) low...
Author(s): Bruce Link, Elmer Struening, Michael Rahav, Jo Phelan, Larry Nuttbrock
Publication Date: 1997
Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong connection between the experience of stigma and the well-being of the stigmatized. But in the area of mental illness there has been controversy surrounding the magnitude and duration of the effects of labeling and stigma. One of the arguments that has been used to downplay the importance of these factors is the substantial body of evidence suggesting that labeling leads to positive effects through menta...
Author(s): Daniel Herman, Ezra Susser, Elmer Struening, Bruce Link
Publication Date: 1997
OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that adverse childhood experiences are risk factors for adult homelessness.
METHODS: We interviewed a nationally representative sample of 92 US household members who had previously been homeless and a comparison group of 395 individuals with no prior homelessness. We assessed childhood adversity with a structured protocol that included a previously validated scale indicating lack of care from parents and si...
Author(s): Arthur Whaley, Bruce Link
Publication Date: 1998
The present study uses a social-cognitive paradigm to examine the association between racial categorization and stereotype-based judgments about homeless people. The study uses data from a national White subsample (N = 1,221) surveyed about attitudes toward homeless/homeless mentally ill people. It was hypothesized that individual differences in perceptions of the representativeness of Blacks in the homeless population, as measured by subjective...
Author(s): Jo Phelan, Bruce Link
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the extent to which the use of point-prevalence samples biases conclusions drawn about homeless people. METHODS: Three data sets and published research were used to examine the degree to which conditions leading to point-prevalence bias (turnover in the homeless population, variability in the persistence of homelessness, and associations between personal characteristics and persistence) characterize the homeless po...