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Abstract
Introduction
The aim of the investigation was to describe the association between negative life events on morbidity in homeless seeking treatment for substance abuse in Greenland.
Methods
Cross sectional study on register data comparing homeless and individuals in secure housing initiating alcohol or substance abuse treatment in Greenland between 1 January 2017 and 14 December 2019, (N = 950). Results: Homeless were socio-economically disadvantaged compared to treatment seekers in secure housing. They had a heavier burden of psychiatric morbidity and suffered more negative life experiences. Controlled for having experienced abuse, most morbidity measures' predictive value was slightly less pronounced with psychiatric morbidity as an exception.
Conclusion
The results indicate that both the morbidity and most analyzed negative life events are associated with being homeless and are mutually linked.
Disclosure statement
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Notes on contributors
Birgit V. Niclasen
Birgit Niclasen: MD in 1983, GP, PHD. Now CEO at Allorfik, the National Abuse Treatment since 2016.
Eeva-Liisa Røssell Johansen
Eeva-Liisa Røssell Johansen is a master of public health currently doing her PhD at the research unit of Applied Public Health Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University.
Ulrik Becker
Ulrik Becker is MD, DMsc, specialist in Internal Medicine, Hepatology and Medical Gastroenterology and Professor in alcohol related epidemiology at the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark.
Anette Søgaard Nielsen
Anette Søgaard Nielsen is Master of Arts, has a PhD in Psychiatry and is currently Professor at the Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research at University of Southern Denmark.