PATTERNS OF ALCOHOLISM IN SUBSAMPLES OF HOMELESS MEN

本项目旨在进行系统的对照研究。 在圣路易斯的酗酒和其他精神障碍 无家可归的人口。具体地说，650名无家可归的男子将 样本来自三个来源：庇护所(N=250)、日间中心(N= 150)和街道位置(N=250)。这三个子组 无家可归的人将接受NIMH诊断的采访 面试时间表(DIS)，以制定明确的DMS-III 诊断。然后将对这三个亚组进行诊断 相互比较，也与已建立的非洲经委会进行比较 同一圣路易斯市中心地区的样本。 此外，无家可归的人口将接受比率检查 人格障碍。其他因素，包括家庭 精神病史以及人口和社会变量，将是 检查他们与无家可归者的纵向关系。在……里面 通过这种方式，酗酒者无家可归的相关因素可能是 下定决心。 确定与发展有关的那些因素 而长期无家可归的状况可能有助于引导那些 为无家可归和接近无家可归的人群提供服务，以帮助他们 以最有价值和最有效的方式。

This project is designed to conduct a systematic controlled study of alcoholism and other psychiatric disorders in the St. Louis homeless population. Specifically, 650 homeless men will be sampled from three sources: shelters (N = 250), day centers (N = 150), and street locations (N = 250). These three subgroups of homeless men will be interviewed with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) to make well-specified DMS-III diagnoses. Diagnoses in the three subgroups will then be compared with each other, and also with the established ECA sample of the same St. Louis inner-city area. Additionally, the homeless population will be examined for rates of personality disorders. Other factors, including family psychiatric history and demographic and social variables, will be examined for their longitudinal relationship to homelessness. In this way, correlates of homelessness in alcoholic men may be determined. Identification of those factors associated with the development and perpetuation of the homeless condition may help direct those serving the homeless and near-homeless populations to assist them in the most valuable and effective manner.