TY - JOUR
T1 - Residential transience and depression
T2 - Does the relationship exist for men and women?
AU - Davey-Rothwell, Melissa A.
AU - German, Danielle
AU - Latkin, Carl A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Sources of Support This work was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant no. 1RO1 DA016555).
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Residential transience may contribute to adverse mental health. However, to date, this relationship has not been well-investigated among urban, impoverished populations. In a sample of drug users and their social network members (n=1,024), we assessed the relationship between transience (frequently moving in the past 6 months) and depressive symptoms, measured by the CES-D, among men and women. Even after adjusting for homelessness, high levels of depressive symptoms were 2.29 [95%CI= 1.29-4.07] times more likely among transient men compared to nontransient men and 3.30 [95% CI=1.10-9.90] times more common among transient women compared to nontransient women. Stable housing and mental health services need to be available, easily accessible, and designed so that they remain amenable to utilization under transient circumstances.
AB - Residential transience may contribute to adverse mental health. However, to date, this relationship has not been well-investigated among urban, impoverished populations. In a sample of drug users and their social network members (n=1,024), we assessed the relationship between transience (frequently moving in the past 6 months) and depressive symptoms, measured by the CES-D, among men and women. Even after adjusting for homelessness, high levels of depressive symptoms were 2.29 [95%CI= 1.29-4.07] times more likely among transient men compared to nontransient men and 3.30 [95% CI=1.10-9.90] times more common among transient women compared to nontransient women. Stable housing and mental health services need to be available, easily accessible, and designed so that they remain amenable to utilization under transient circumstances.
KW - Depression
KW - Housing instability
KW - Mental health
KW - Residential mobility
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U2 - 10.1007/s11524-008-9294-7
DO - 10.1007/s11524-008-9294-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 18581237
AN - SCOPUS:56149097882
SN - 1099-3460
VL - 85
SP - 707
EP - 716
JO - Journal of Urban Health
JF - Journal of Urban Health
IS - 5
ER -