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Australia

Housing/Social Services

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Quality of housing among patients of an area mental health service.
Grigg M, Judd F, Komiti A, Ryan L.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;42(3):244-50.
Abstract

Supporting the long-term residential care needs of older homeless people with severe
alcohol-related brain injury in Australia: the Wicking Project
Rota-Bartelink A, Lipmann B.
Care Manag J. 2007;8(3):141-8.
Abstract

Eating rough: food sources and acquisition practices of homeless young people in
Adelaide, South Australia.
Booth S.
Public Health Nutr. 2006 Apr;9(2):212-8.
Abstract

Substance Abuse
Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Residential detoxification: essential for marginalised, severely alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals. Silins E, Sannibale C, Larney S, et al Drug Alcohol Rev. 2008 Jul;27(4):414-9. Abstract

Violence

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder among homeless adults in Sydney.
Taylor KM, Sharpe L.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;42(3):206-13.
Abstract

Violence, self-harm, victimisation and homelessness in patients admitted to an
acute inpatient unit in South Australia
Ash D, Galletly C, Haynes J, Braben P.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2003 Jun;49(2):112-8
Abstract

Special Populations

Older Persons

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Causes of homelessness among older people in Melbourne, Australia.
Rota-Bartelink A, Lipmann B.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2007 Jun;31(3):252-8
Abstract

Health promotion for socially disadvantaged groups: the case of homeless older men
in Australia.
Quine S, Kendig H, Russell C, Touchard D.
Health Promot Int. 2004 Jun;19(2):157-65.
Abstract

Juveniles

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

The psychosocial profile of adolescent risk of homelessness.
Bearsley-Smith CA, Bond LM, et al|
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Feb 26
Abstract

Newly homeless youth typically return home.
Milburn NG, Rosenthal D, Rotheram-Borus MJ, et al
J Adolesc Health. 2007 Jun;40(6):574-6.
Abstract

Housing Stability Over Two Years and HIV Risk among Newly Homeless Youth.
Rosenthal D, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Batterham P, et al
AIDS Behav. 2007 May 12;
Abstract

The role of self-efficacy in predicting rule-following behaviors in shelters for homeless youth:
a test of the theory of planned behavior.
Broadhead-Fearn D, White KM.
J Soc Psychol. 2006 Jun;146(3):307-25.
Abstract

Why do homeless young people leave home?
Rosenthal D, Mallett S, Myers P.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2006 Jun;30(3):281-5.
Abstract

Young people, drug use and family conflict: Pathways into homelessness.
Mallett S, Rosenthal D, Keys D.
J Adolesc. 2005 Apr;28(2):185-9
Abstract

Self-management of medication for mental health problems by homeless young people.
Muir-Cochrane E, Fereday J, Jureidini J, et al
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2006 Sep;15(3):163-70.
Abstract

Prevalence of psychological distress and psychiatric disorders among homeless youth
in Australia: a comparative review.
Kamieniecki GW.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2001 Jun;35(3):352-358
Abstract

Mentally Ill
Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Are Australian men with psychosis spending more time homeless? Holmes A, Hodge M, Bradley G Australas Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;16(2):114-8. Abstract

New Zealand

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Health inequalities and homelessness: considering material, spatial and relational dimensions Hodgetts D, Radley A, Chamberlain K, Hodgetts A. J Health Psychol. 2007 Sep;12(5):709-25. Abstract

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