Citation

Lee KH, Jun JS, Kim YJ, Roh S, Moon SS, Bukonda N, Hines L. J. Evid. Inf. Soc. Work 2017; 14(4): 229-242.

Affiliation

School of Social Work , Wichita State University , Wichita , Kansas , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/23761407.2017.1316221

PMID

28678621

Abstract

This study explored the role of mental health and substance abuse problems on the suicidal ideation and suicide attempts of 156 homeless adults. The logistic regression results indicated that homeless adults with anxiety were significantly more likely than those without anxiety to have both suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Also, homeless adults with drug abuse were significantly more likely than those without drug abuse to have suicidal ideation. The study suggests that to reduce the suicide of the homeless, case managers need to screen mental health and substance abuse issues and to provide appropriate treatment services at homeless shelters.

Language: en

Keywords

Depression; alcohol abuse; anxiety; drug abuse; homeless; suicide