The prevalence of mental disorders among the homeless in western countries: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

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BACKGROUND: There are well over a million homeless people in Western Europe and North America, but reliable estimates of the prevalence of major mental disorders among this population are lacking. We undertook a systematic review of surveys of such disorders in homeless people. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We searched for surveys of the prevalence of psychotic illness, major depression, alcohol and drug dependence, and personality disorder that were based on interviews of samples of unselected home...

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Authors: Fazel, S; Khosla, V; Doll, H; Geddes, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: PLoS medicine
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 12
• Pages: e225
• Publication date: 2008-12-01
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050225
• EISSN: 1549-1676
• ISSN: 1549-1277
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Homeless Persons; Alcoholism; Psychotic Disorders; Depressive Disorder, Major; Western World; Substance-Related Disorders; Prevalence; Mental Disorders; Personality Disorders