ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2020
Polysubstance use among youth experiencing homelessness: The role of trauma, mental health, and social network composition.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The global prevalence of mental health disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The Global Prevalence of Non-suicidal Self-injury, Suicide Behaviors, and Associated Risk Factors Among Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Meta-analysis.Community mental health journal · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors for revictimization during treatment in patients with co-occurring SUD and PTSD.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Trial
- Protective behavioral strategies and alcohol consequences following a group-based motivational intervention for young adults experiencing homelessness.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Trial
- Feasibility of a computer-assisted social network motivational interviewing intervention to reduce substance use and increase supportive connections among emerging adults transitioning from homelessness to housing.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Trial
- A Systematized Review of Traumatic Stress and Substance Use Interventions in Young Adults: Implications for Intervention Development with Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems among people in contact with the criminal justice system: a mixed-methods social network analysis.Health & justice · 2026Article
- Influence of sex, anxiety, and risk-taking behavior on opioid and alcohol polysubstance consumption patterns.Addiction neuroscience · 2026Article
- Age, sex, and ethnic differences in substance use and/or substance use disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis and meta-regression.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
- Characterizing patterns of opioid and stimulant use by route and associations with non-fatal overdose and xylazine use in people who have injected drugs from Baltimore, MD, 2023-2024.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Anxiety and risk-taking behavior maps onto opioid and alcohol polysubstance consumption patterns in male and female mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Are social supports always protective? A seven-city study on heavy drinking among sexual and gender minority young adults experiencing homelessness.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Longitudinal patterns of use of stimulants and opioids in the AIDS linked to the IntraVenous experience cohort, 2005-2019.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Associations between Homelessness and Substance Use: Investigating Demographic Differences for Young Adults in Treatment.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Associations between service use and behavioral health trajectories among young adults experiencing homelessness.Children and youth services review · 2024Article
- High-risk polysubstance use among LGBTQ+ people who use drugs in the United States: An application of syndemic theory.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatric Illness Among Transitional Age Youth Experiencing Homelessness.JAACAP open · 2023Article
- Motives for alcohol use, risky drinking patterns and harm reduction practices among people who experience homelessness and alcohol dependence in Montreal.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Cultural Protection from Polysubstance Use Among Native American Adolescents and Young Adults.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Article
- Understanding the Health and Health-Related Social Needs of Youth Experiencing Homelessness: A Photovoice Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSubstance use is common among youth experiencing homelessness (YEH). However, less is known about the use of multiple substances (polysubstance use), or factors associated with polysubstance use among YEH. The present study sought to identify subgroups of YEH based on their recent polysubstance use behavior, and investigate traumatic experiences, mental health and social network composition as predictors.
methodsYEH (N = 1,032; M
resultsFive polysubstance use classes were identified: heavy alcohol and marijuana (33.6 %), illicit drug use (4.9 %), high all polysubstance use (14.9 %), primarily marijuana (18.1 %), and low use (28.5 %). Relative to the low use class, traumatic experiences were associated with membership in every polysubstance use class. Suicide attempts were associated with membership in the high all class (OR = 9.41). Number of substance-using, homeless network members was associated with membership in the heavy alcohol and marijuana use class (OR = 1.35). Number of non-substance-using network members (homeless [OR = 0.29] and housed [OR = 0.73]) was associated with lower odds of membership in the high all class.
conclusionsDistinct groups of YEH can be identified by their recent polysubstance use patterns. Traumatic experiences, suicidality, and social network composition are important correlates of polysubstance use among YEH.
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