Alcohol and other drug use disorders among homeless people in Australia.
This paper describes alcohol and drug-use disorders among 210 homeless people in Australia, and compares the Australian findings with the international literature. While the prevalence of alcohol-use disorders among people who are homeless in Australia is comparable with other international studies, drug-use disorders appear to be more prevalent among Australian homeless than comparable international studies. Reasons for this difference are explored.
Teesson
Maree
M
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. m.teesson@unsw.edu.au
Hodder
Tracey
T
Buhrich
Neil
N
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*