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Mental health services for homeless: patient profile and factors associated with suicide and homicide.

Dunne, E
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Duggan, M
; 
O'Mahony, J
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Dunne, E
 Duggan, M
 O'Mahony, J
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Department of Psychiatry, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork. elaine.dunne@ucc.ie
Date
2012-03
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Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Female
Homeless Persons
Homicide
Humans
Ireland
Male
Mental Disorders
Mental Health Services
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Suicide
Young Adult
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https://hdl.handle.net/10147/227493
Abstract
This study aimed to establish a profile of users of the mental health service for homeless in Cork, comparing this group with those attending a General Adult Service. The homeless group were significantly more likely to be male (89% v. 46%o), unemployed (96% v. 68%), unmarried (98% v. 75%) and under 65 (94% v. 83%). Diagnostically, there was a significantly higher prevalence of schizophrenia (50% v. 34%); personality disorder (37% v. 11%) and substance dependence (74% v. 19%) in the homeless service users. They were more likely to have a history of deliberate self harm (54% v. 21%) and violence (48% v. 10%). Severe mental illness has a high prevalence in the homeless population, with particularly high levels of factors associated with suicide and homicide. Poor compliance and complexity of illness lead to a requirement for significant input from multidisciplinary mental health teams members.
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en
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Mental health services for homeless: patient profile and factors associated with suicide and homicide. 2012, 105 (3):71-2, 74 Ir Med J
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0332-3102
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22558811
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