4107.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues Among the Homeless

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: The learner will be able to discuss mental health and substance abuse issues among the homeless.
Presider(s):Mary Ellen O'Connell
12:30 PMMental Health Histories of Homeless Young Adults: New Perspectives on Entrenched Beliefs
Justeen K. Hyde, PhD, Cristina Polyzoides, Susanne Montgomery, MS, MPH, PhD
12:45 PMPredictors of homelessness among drug users in Long Beach, CA
Michele M. Wood, MS, Robert A. De Luna, Jefferson L. Wood, BA, Patricia L. Jones, MPH, CHES, Michael A. Janson, BA, Dennis G. Fisher, PhD
1:00 PMLongitudinal correlates of Homelessness in Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Baltimore
Mahboobeh Safaeian, MPH, John Song, MD, Steffanie A Strathdee, PhD, David Vlahov, PhD, Kenrad Nelson, MD, David D Celentano, PhD
1:15 PMModeling Service Use in a Homeless Drug Abusing Population
David E. Pollio, PhD, Carol S. North, MD, MPE, Karin M. Eyrich, MSW
1:30 PMSuicidality in a large sample of homeless adults
Rani A Desai, PhD, MPH, Robert A. Rosenheck, MD, Holly Prigerson, PhD
1:45 PMAccess to VA Services by Homeless Veterans Following Inpatient Mental Health Bed Closures
Wesley J Kasprow, PhD, MPH, Robert Rosenheck, MD
Sponsor:Caucus on Homelessness
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA