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Patterns and predictors of engagement in peer support among homeless veterans with mental health conditions and substance use histories
Author(s): Marsha Langer Ellison, Russell K. Schutt, Mark E. Glickman, Mark R. Schultz, Matthew Chinman, Kristina Jensen, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, David Smelson, Susan Eisen
Publication Date: 2016
Objectives: Patterns and predictors of engagement in peer support services were examined among 50 previously homeless veterans with co-occurring mental health conditions and substance use histories receiving services from the Veterans Health Administration supported housing program. Method: Veteran peer specialists were trained to deliver sessions focusing on mental health and substance use recovery to veterans for an intended 1-hr weekly contact...
Patterns and predictors of engagement in peer support among homeless veterans with mental health conditions and substance use histories
Author(s): Marsha Langer Ellison, Russell K. Schutt, Mark E. Glickman, Mark R. Schultz, Matthew Chinman, Kristina Jensen, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, David Smelson, Susan Eisen
Publication Date: 2016
Objectives: Patterns and predictors of engagement in peer support services were examined among 50 previously homeless veterans with co-occurring mental health conditions and substance use histories receiving services from the Veterans Health Administration supported housing program. Method: Veteran peer specialists were trained to deliver sessions focusing on mental health and substance use recovery to veterans for an intended 1-hr weekly contact...
Lessening Homelessness Among Persons with Mental Illness: A Comparison of Five Randomized Treatment Trials
Author(s): Russell K. Schutt, Richard L. Hough, Stephen M. Goldfinger, Anthony F. Lehman, David L. Shern, Elie Valencia, Patricia A. Wood
Publication Date: 2009
This study examined the risk-factors for falling into homelessness given the availability of housing and services provision. We evaluate the influence of housing, services, and individual characteristics on housing loss among formerly homeless mentally ill persons who participated in a five-site (4-city) study in the U.S. Housing and service availability were manipulated within randomized experimental designs and substance abuse and other covaria...
The Effect of Housing Interventions on Neuropsychological Functioning Among Homeless Persons With Mental Illness
Author(s): L. J. Seidman, R. K. Schutt, B. Caplan, G. S. Tolomiczenko, W. M. Turner, S. M. Goldfinger, Larry J. Seidman, Russell K. Schutt, Brina Caplan, George S. Tolomiczenko, Winston M. Turner, Stephen M. Goldfinger
Publication Date: 2003
The authors tested the hypotheses that neuropsychological functioning would improve after homeless persons with severe and persistent mental illness were provided with housing and that executive functioning would improve more among those placed in group homes than among those placed in independent apartments. A total of 114 persons with serious and persistent mental illness who were stable residents of homeless shelters completed neuropsychologic...