ArticleBJPsych open2023
Homelessness and associated factors over a 13-year period among psychiatric in-patients in Berlin, Germany: routine data analysis.
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- Mental Health of People Experiencing Homelessness and the Role of Hopelessness, Alcohol Use Disorder and Victimisation.Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH · 2025Article
- Homelessness and housing problems in admitted psychiatric patients in Flanders, Belgium.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Homeless people: a review of personality disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Homelessness and associated factors over a 13-year period among psychiatric inpatients in Berlin, Germany - A routine data analysis - CORRIGENDUM.BJPsych open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHomeless patients in psychiatric hospitals are a scarcely studied and there is lack of knowledge about factors associated with homelessness and in-patient treatment.
aimsTo determine the change over time in the number of homeless psychiatric in-patients and to examine factors associated with homelessness.
methodRetrospective data analysis of 1205 selected electronic patient files on psychiatric in-patient treatment in a university psychiatric hospital in Berlin, Germany. The rate of patients experiencing homelessness over a 13-year period (2008-2021) and the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with homelessness are analysed over time.
resultsOur study revealed a 15.1% increase in the rate of homeless psychiatric in-patients over the 13-year period. Of the whole sample, 69.3% people lived in secure private housing, 15.5% were homeless and 15.1.% were housed in sociotherapeutic facilities. Homelessness was significantly associated with being male (OR = 1.76 (95% CI 1.12-2.76), born outside of Germany (OR = 2.22, 95% CI 1.47-3.34), lack of out-patient treatment (OR = 5.19, 95% CI 3.35-7.63), psychotic disorders (OR = 2.46, 95% CI 1.16-5.18), reaction to severe stress (OR = 4.19, 95% CI 1.71-10.24), personality disorders (OR = 4.98, 95% CI 1.92-12.91), drug dependency (OR = 3.47, 95% CI 1.5-8.0) and alcohol dependency (OR = 3.57, 95% CI 1.67-7.62).
conclusionsThe psychiatric care system is facing an increasing number of patients in precarious social situations. This should be considered in resource allocation planning in healthcare. Individual solutions for aftercare, along with supported housing, could counteract this trend.
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