PATTERNS OF ALCOHOLISM IN SUBSAMPLES OF HOMELESS MEN

本项目旨在进行系统的对照研究 酒精中毒和其他精神疾病 无家可归的人口。 具体来说，650名无家可归的男子将被 样本来自三个来源：避难所（N = 250），日托中心（N = 250）， 150）和街道位置（N = 250）。 这三个亚组 无家可归的人将接受NIMH诊断 访谈时间表（DIS），以制定详细的DMS-III 诊断。 三个亚组的诊断结果将被 相互比较，并与已建立的非洲经委会进行比较， 圣路易斯市中心的同一个样本。 此外，将对无家可归者进行调查， 人格障碍 其他因素，包括家庭 精神病史和人口统计学和社会变量，将是 研究了他们与无家可归的纵向关系。 在 这样，酗酒男性无家可归的相关因素可能是 测定 确定与发展有关的因素 无家可归的状况的持续可能有助于指导那些 为无家可归者和接近无家可归者提供服务， 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.