The social context of homeless men's substance use
Drug and Alcohol DependencePublished 24 May 2011Open access
Harmony Rhoades, Suzanne L. Wenzel, Daniela Golinelli, Joan S. Tucker, David P. Kennedy, Harold D. Green
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Mental health problems and riskier personal networks are associated with homeless men's substance use, and Mental health care and peer-based, network interventions to reduce substance use should be a priority for heterosexually active homeless men.
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Mental health problems and riskier personal networks are associated with homeless men's substance use. These findings underscore the importance of interventions that focus on improving mental health, mitigating the drug-using norms of personal networks, and helping men to maintain contact with normative, low-risk alters. Mental health care and peer-based, network interventions to reduce substance use should be a priority for heterosexually active homeless men.
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