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Australia
 
Housing/Social Services

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Homelessness: patterns of emergency department use and risk factors for
re-presentation.
Moore G, Gerdtz MF, Hepworth G, Manias E.
 Emerg Med J. 2010 Aug 3.
 Abstract

Factors associated with violent victimisation among homeless adults in Sydney, Australia.
Larney S, Conroy E, Mills KL, et al
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009 Aug;33(4):347-51
 Abstract

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
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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
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Mentally Ill
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Mental health care on the streets: An integrated approach.
Lee S, Castella A, Freidin J, Kennedy A,  
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;44(6):505-12.
 Abstract

Long-term homelessness in men with a psychosis: Limitation of services.
Burns A, Robins A, Hodge M, Holmes A.  
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2009 Apr;18(2):126-32.
 Abstract

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  
 
 
The mobile hermit and the city: Considering links between places, objects, and identities
in social psychological research on homelessness.
Hodgetts DJ, Stolte O, Chamberlain K, Radley A, et al  
Br J Soc Psychol. 2010 Jun;49(Pt 2):285-303.
Abstract

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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