National Child Traumatic Stress Network Culture & Trauma Brief: Discusses the challenges traumatized youth face when they are living on the street, including the relationship between trauma and youth homelessness, and offers suggestions for service providers who want to engage these young people in treatment. Download Research (Link)
Trauma Among Homeless Youth Read More >>
Authors Van Leeuwen JM, Boyle S, Salomonsen-Sautel S, Baker DN, Garcia JT, Hoffman A, Hopfer CJ Download Research (Link)
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual homeless youth: an eight-city public health perspective Read More >>
Homelessness, long recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis, can also complicate treatment, as this case report demonstrates. HIV coinfection increases the risk of progression from latent TB infection to active tuberculosis. Clinicians experienced in the care of homeless persons stress the importance of maintaining communication with these patients, even during medical confinement, and recommend
Authors: Essock SM, Mueser KT, Drake RE, et al. OBJECTIVE: Clients with co-occurring severe mental and substance use disorders are at high risk of institutionalization and other adverse outcomes. Although integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment is becoming a standard clinical approach for such clients, the optimal method for delivering integrated treatment remains unclear.
Self-assessment tool for caregivers of trauma victims. Download Research (PDF)
The operation of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P&T) is the cornerstone of pharmaceutical management. Clinician representation in the P&T Committee process, which involves an evidence-based approach to clinical decision making, is part of the transdisciplinary team model that ACU supports. This sharing of knowledge and expertise, along with trust and respect, provides some assurance
The interaction between housing and health is intimate and complex, yet little evidence exists with regard to the healthcare outcomes for people struggling to survive without housing. The study in this issue by Lee and colleagues not only exposes a resounding need for community-wide interventions to improve the cardiovascular health of homeless adults but also
Health, Housing and the Heart: Cardiovascular Disparities in Homeless People Read More >>
This Report on Strategies for Private Health Insurance was written by Elaine Alfano, Bazelon Center policy analyst, and edited and designed by publications director Lee Carty. It is a companion document to GET IT TOGETHER, the Bazelon Center’s report on integration of health and behavioral health care in the public sector. We gratefully acknowledge the
