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Treating Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Among Homeless Men and Women

Author : Milton Argeriou
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780866569927
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Treating Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Among Homeless Men and Women written by Milton Argeriou and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand and learn how to effectively address the burgeoning social problem of homelessness, particularly among alcoholics and drug addicts. Although one study cannot provide a definitive statement on the best services for the homeless, the variety of services and evaluation approaches described in this insightful book begin the process of identifying effective recovery approaches for homeless men and women with alcohol and drug problems. Professionals involved in the development and implementation of nine community demonstration grants in Alaska, California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania reflect upon the unique needs and opportunities in their communities and explain the features of their programs in regards to clients, project services, project implementation, and evaluation. In Treating Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Among Homeless Men and Women, you will read about specially targeted programs for women, Alaskan natives, American Indians, blacks, and Hispanics, homeless individuals with mental illness, clients who use both drugs and alcohol, chronic alcoholics, and cocaine addicts. You will also observe the varying philosophical and programmatic differences; the problems of implementing programs, including community resistance and staffing issues; and the procedures for assessing the outcome of their programs. In addition to a comprehensive review of each project, this exciting new volume also includes an overview of the efforts of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism with the homeless and implications for future policy and programming decisions. An important book for health care providers, program administrators, state and local officials, researchers, and educators.

Innovative Strategies for Treating Alcohol and Drug Abuse Problems Among Homeless Men and Women

Author : National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (347 download)

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Book Synopsis Innovative Strategies for Treating Alcohol and Drug Abuse Problems Among Homeless Men and Women by : National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)

Download or read book Innovative Strategies for Treating Alcohol and Drug Abuse Problems Among Homeless Men and Women written by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309038324
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs by : Institute of Medicine

Download or read book Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.

Meta-Ethnography

Author : George W. Noblit
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780803930230
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Meta-Ethnography written by George W. Noblit and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1988-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can ethnographic studies be generalized, in contrast to concentrating on the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a new method for synthesizing from qualitative studies: meta-ethnography. After citing the criteria to be used in comparing qualitative research projects, the authors define the ways these can then be aggregated to create more cogent syntheses of research. Using examples from numerous studies ranging from ethnographic work in educational settings to the Mead-Freeman controversy over Samoan youth, Meta-Ethnography offers useful procedural advice from both comparative and cumulative analyses of qualitative data. This provocative volume will be read with interest by researchers and students in qualitative research methods, ethnography, education, sociology, and anthropology. "After defining metaphor and synthesis, these authors provide a step-by-step program that will allow the researcher to show similarity (reciprocal translation), difference (refutation), or similarity at a higher level (lines or argument synthesis) among sample studies....Contain(s) valuable strategies at a seldom-used level of analysis." --Contemporary Sociology "The authors made an important contribution by reframing how we think of ethnography comparison in a way that is compatible with the new developments in interpretive ethnography. Meta-Ethnography is well worth consulting for the problem definition it offers." --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease "This book had to be written and I am pleased it was. Someone needed to break the ice and offer a strategy for summarizing multiple ethnographic studies. Noblit and Hare have done a commendable job of giving the research community one approach for doing so. Further, no one else can now venture into this area of synthesizing qualitative studies without making references to and positioning themselves vis-a-vis this volume." -Educational Studies

A Nation In Denial

Author : Alice S. Baum
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Nation In Denial written by Alice S. Baum and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1993-05-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Nation in Denial challenges these accepted notions. It presents a comprehensive and readable review of the scientific evidence that up to 85 percent of all homeless adults suffer the ravages of substance abuse and mental illness, resulting in serious social isolation. The authors provide new insights into the causes of increased homelessness in the early 1980s, linking the population explosion of the baby boom to increases in the numbers of Americans at risk for substance abuse problems, mental illness, and homelessness; assessing the relationship between the inner-city drug epidemic and increases in family homelessness; and reviewing the failed policies of deinstitutionalization, decriminalization of alcoholism, and the gentrification of skid row neighborhoods and substance abuse treatment centers.

Research Methodologies Concerning Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness And/or Substance Abuse Disorders

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Research Methodologies Concerning Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness And/or Substance Abuse Disorders written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Homelessness & Health in Canada

Author : Manal Guirguis-Younger
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 0776621483
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Homelessness & Health in Canada written by Manal Guirguis-Younger and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings together leading and emerging researchers to advance understanding of the complex relationships between homelessness and health. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, contributors outline policy and practice recommendations to respond to this public health crisis."--Back cover.

Addiction on the Streets

Author : Lydia Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Addiction on the Streets written by Lydia Williams and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alcohol Abuse/alcoholism Among Homeless Persons

Author : Virginia Mulkern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alcohol Abuse/alcoholism Among Homeless Persons written by Virginia Mulkern and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dead, Imprisoned, Relapsed

Author : Rachel L. Rayburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Dead, Imprisoned, Relapsed written by Rachel L. Rayburn and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided and influenced by a famous follow-up study in criminology focused on desistance from crime, this dissertation studies desistance from crime, homelessness, and substance abuse. In the early 1990s, The New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) was founded as an experiment funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to uncover optimal treatment strategies for homeless alcoholics and drug addicts. The program ran for three years (1991-1993) and in those years, 670 homeless New Orleans men and women were admitted into treatment. Some of the original clients were followed for as long as 18 months, but none of them had been re-contacted since the mid-1990s. This dissertation involves finding these individuals and re-interviewing them, to discover what life trajectories they have taken some 17-19 years later. Guided by social bonding theory, this project shows what baseline factors and conditions explain variability in life outcomes. The methodology for this study consists of three main parts: 1) a quantitative analysis of mortality data; 2) a historical analysis of criminal histories and 3) in-depth interviews. Nested logistic regression models explained differences among those who have died (n = 91) and those still living. The same method was used to explain differences among those currently incarcerated (n = 56). Follow-up interviews were conducted with 32 individuals in a variety of settings including at their homes and in prisons. Findings from the quantitative results show that social bonding theory seems to be a weak explanation scheme among this population. Results from the qualitative data, however, are contrary and show social bonds to be crucial in the desistance process. Like Laub and Sampson's study, marriage and employment were strong predictors of desistance. Individuals interviewed tended to be sober, but disaffiliated with twelve-step meetings. Other themes from the interviews involve presentation of self, the importance of religion, and a process of aging out of crime. Policy implications from these results focus on the importance of choosing a good life partner, the reduction of alcohol and drug use among abusers, and emphasizing stable employment.

Responding to the Homeless

Author : Russell K. Schutt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489910131
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Responding to the Homeless written by Russell K. Schutt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice is largely a product of a unique collaboration between Russell K. Schutt and Gerald R. Garrett and their Boston community. As such, it offers a rich perspective on the problem of homelessness that is derived from the authors' shared experience with researchers, academics, students, providers, policymakers, and homeless persons themselves. Schutt and Garrett take the reader into the shelters and acquaint him or her with the philosophical and practical dilemmas facing line workers as well as policymakers. They also take the reader into the community to better understand the housing market and the dysfunctional continuities among shelter, housing, treatment, and social supports. There are sensitive discussions of the salient health problems that too commonly touch the lives of homeless individuals, such as substance abuse and AIDS. The volume also includes clear descriptions of the sometimes elusive processes of counseling and case management for homeless individuals. The sidebars of "what to do" and "what not to do" contain useful information that will both inform and empower individuals who are working on the front lines, and inspire and prepare future caregivers. While the eminently readable organization and style of the book are sugges tive of a highly practical handbook on the basics of homelessness, the authors and their contributors have also produced a scholarly volume that is replete with current research findings, programs descriptions, case studies, and vignettes.

Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

Author : Kendon J Conrad
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317844548
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness written by Kendon J Conrad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness: Logic Models and Implementation of Eight American Projects, psychiatrist, psychologists, and social workers will discover the results of eight, three-year long development projects funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) designed to prevent homelessness in high- risk populations who have problems with alcoholism, drug abuse, and/or mental illness. Through this informative book, you will examine the theory or logic guiding each program, including an up-to-date review of the literature supporting each theory. You will also find a description of the implementation of the program as well as its history, the practical issues involved in delivering services, the pitfalls, lessons learned, and recommendations for the future so you can use the best ideas to implement in your own community and stop these individuals from reaching the streets. Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness provides insight into how to deal with many common issues that you are faced with every day, such as matching clients to appropriate services, preventing relapse, case management, training in independent living skills and money management, acquiring and maintaining housing, and benefits and employment for your disadvantaged clients. Compelling and informative, this unique book provides you with many tips and suggestions on how you can help the disadvantaged in our population avoid the added trauma of becoming homeless, such as: examining a new modified therapeutic community (TC) intervention program for mothers recovering from substance abuse who live with their children so you can learn to treat the family as a whole and not just treat the person with a "problem" gaining insight into a new intervention program for families caring for another family member with serious mental illness or substance abuse disorders so you can address such issues as the importance of respite for the family and home visits for relationship building among the entire household discovering a new, independent living model which allows clients with serious mental illnesses to select their own apartments learning about a new program in Philadelphia that offers support services to clients with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders and provides several levels of housing from emergency shelter to highly supportive permanent housing discovering a community counseling center in Chicago that operates a “bank” that helps mentally ill clients or those with substance use disorders develop skills to independently manage their financial affairs through the use of “vouchers” that can be redeemed for cash for the payment of monthly bills Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness provides you with new insights into how you can help your clients overcome political, economic, and environmental barriers to treatment that can lead to homelessness. This essential book will help you improve your services to your clients as well as give you step-by-step guide to implement these new programs in your community.

Access to Health Care in America

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309047420
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Access to Health Care in America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans are accustomed to anecdotal evidence of the health care crisis. Yet, personal or local stories do not provide a comprehensive nationwide picture of our access to health care. Now, this book offers the long-awaited health equivalent of national economic indicators. This useful volume defines a set of national objectives and identifies indicatorsâ€"measures of utilization and outcomeâ€"that can "sense" when and where problems occur in accessing specific health care services. Using the indicators, the committee presents significant conclusions about the situation today, examining the relationships between access to care and factors such as income, race, ethnic origin, and location. The committee offers recommendations to federal, state, and local agencies for improving data collection and monitoring. This highly readable and well-organized volume will be essential for policymakers, public health officials, insurance companies, hospitals, physicians and nurses, and interested individuals.

Homelessness and Drinking

Author : Bernard Segal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000603180
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Homelessness and Drinking written by Bernard Segal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1991, Homelessness and Drinking conveys multitude of information about a homeless drinking population in Anchorage, Alaska. The data presented were obtained from day-to-day observations of individuals using a Sleep-Off Center. Bernard Segal discusses themes like descriptive analysis of clients using the sleep-off centre; analysis of drinking and drug-taking behaviour among homeless; intervention and treatment of the homeless alcoholic; and assessment of treatment outcome, to showcase that when people become homeless and attached to alcohol, it then becomes extremely difficult to separate the drinker from alcohol. This book is an essential read for students and scholars of addiction studies, psychology, sociology, and behavioural studies.

The Effectiveness of Social Interventions for Homeless Substance Abusers

Author : Gerald Stahler
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560248071
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis The Effectiveness of Social Interventions for Homeless Substance Abusers by : Gerald Stahler

Download or read book The Effectiveness of Social Interventions for Homeless Substance Abusers written by Gerald Stahler and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource is devoted exclusively to reporting the results of rigorous research concerning substance abuse treatment outcomes for homeless persons. The Effectiveness of Social Interventions for Homeless Substance Abusers reveals that while dropout rates are high for this population, it is essential to develop treatment programs that not only focus on the addiction, but also address the tangible needs of the homeless, notably housing, income support, and employment.

Treatment for Drug-exposed Women and Their Children

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Treatment for Drug-exposed Women and Their Children written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Relationship of Legal History to Mood and Substance Abuse Symptoms Among Homeless Men and Women in a Residential Recovery Program

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Author : Lily A. Mkhitarian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Relationship of Legal History to Mood and Substance Abuse Symptoms Among Homeless Men and Women in a Residential Recovery Program written by Lily A. Mkhitarian and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homelessness is a devastating experience that impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals in the U.S. each day. It has been widely reported that homeless persons experience higher rates of mental disorder, substance abuse, and physical illness than domiciled individuals. Homelessness is also associated with increased risk of exposure to trauma. In addition, about a quarter of homeless individuals in the U.S. report a history of incarceration. Certainly there are multiple pathways to both homelessness and incarceration. More research is needed on the implications and consequences of having a legal history on homeless persons. The purpose of this archival study was to consider the relationship of legal history, i.e., a history of being arrested and/or incarcerated, on mental health-related symptoms and substance abuse in a sample of treatment-seeking homeless persons. It was hoped that research of this kind could lead to more effective assessment and intervention among homeless persons seeking psychological services. The present sample included 121 homeless adult males and females with a mean age of 42 years. The sample was ethnically diverse, predominantly single, and most participants had at least a high school education. All of the participants were residing in a faith-based mission and most were engaged in substance abuse recovery programs at the mission. All of them had voluntarily sought individual psychological services from a university-affiliated mental health clinic located within the shelter. Instruments included the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Drug Abuse Screening Test-20 (DAST-20), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and an Intake Application Form (IAF) used at the clinic to obtain background information and presenting complaints. As predicted, individuals with legal histories reported significantly greater drug abuse problems on the DAST-20 (M = 10.79) than those without legal histories (M = 6.64). However, legal history was not associated with statistically significant differences in BDI-II, AUDIT, or GAF scores. The difference in BDI-II scores approached statistical significance and was in the predicted direction, suggesting that more research is warranted. Exploratory analyses, clinical implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are also considered.