title: Substance misuse, emotional disturbance, and dual diagnosis in a meal-line population of mixed ethnicity.
abstract: This study investigated the rates of severe substance misuse, severe emotional disturbance, and dual diagnosis in a meal-line population of mixed ethnicity, 75% of whom were homeless and the remainder near-homeless. Alcohol and/or drug use was reported by 93% and severe substance misuse was found in 39% of the population. Severe mental illness was found in 54% of the population. Both conditions, dual diagnosis, was found in 29% of the cases. A cluster analysis of the total population found three types: those with dual diagnosis (24.27%), those with serious substance misuse and personality disorder (39.3%), and those with neither severe disorder (37.3%). The ethnicity of the homeless individual was very weakly, if at all, associated with the disorders.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, Tucson.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hannah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirkland
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lesnik
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chatel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012923:Social Class; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*