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| Title |
History of foster care among homeless adults with mental illness in Vancouver, British Columbia: a precursor to trajectories of risk
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12888-015-0411-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michelle L Patterson, Akm Moniruzzaman, Julian M Somers |
| Abstract |
It is well documented that a disproportionate number of homeless adults have childhood histories of foster care placement(s). This study examines the relationship between foster care placement as a predictor of adult substance use disorders (including frequency, severity and type), mental illness, vocational functioning, service use and duration of homelessness among a sample of homeless adults with mental illness. We hypothesize that a history of foster care predicts earlier, more severe and more frequent substance use, multiple mental disorder diagnoses, discontinuous work history, and longer durations of homelessness. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 9 | 45% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 203 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 34 | 17% |
| Researcher | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 14% |
| Unknown | 67 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 37 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 13% |
| Psychology | 24 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 10% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 8% |
| Unknown | 76 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 February 2024.
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#2,215,349
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#830
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#26,798
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#14
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