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.
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. m.teesson@unsw.edu.au
Maree
M
Teesson
Tracey
T
Hodder
Neil
N
Buhrich
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*