A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale.
Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES) Depression Scale results for surveys of homeless, community-wide and selected distressed samples are compared. Nearly four times the percentage of homeless fit the criterion for clinical caseness (a score of 16+) compared to the general population (74 to 19 percent). None of the distressed samples exhibited a higher rate except psychiatric patients diagnosed as acutely depressive. High rates of depression have implications for social policies directed toward homelessness.
Ritchey
F J
FJ
Department of Sociology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
La Gory
M
M
Fitzpatrick
K M
KM
Mullis
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States