2021
Receipt, Spending, and Clinical Correlates of the Economic Impact Payment Among Middle- and Low-Income U.S. Adults
Tsai J, Huang M, Montgomery AE, Elbogen EB. Receipt, Spending, and Clinical Correlates of the Economic Impact Payment Among Middle- and Low-Income U.S. Adults. Psychiatric Services 2021, 72: 1377-1384. PMID: 34074140, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-income U.S. adultsU.S. adultsMental healthUse problemsRecent suicidal ideationDrug use problemsPosttraumatic stress disorderSchizophrenia spectrum disordersSubstance abuse problemsClinical characteristicsEligible adultsAlcohol use problemsClinical correlatesLow-income populationsSuicidal ideationStress disorderAbuse problemsAdultsCOVID-19 pandemic
2017
Changes in Public Attitudes and Perceptions about Homelessness Between 1990 and 2016
Tsai J, Lee CYS, Byrne T, Pietrzak RH, Southwick SM. Changes in Public Attitudes and Perceptions about Homelessness Between 1990 and 2016. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2017, 60: 599-606. PMID: 29027669, DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic attitudesLiberal attitudesHomeless populationHomeless individualsNew public health approachPublic spacePublic health approachGovernment supportDemographic compositionEthnic minoritiesHomelessnessEconomic recessionGreater supportPublic surveyMore compassionAttitudesHealth approachSubstance abuse problemsAbuse problemsCompassionOnline surveySurvey resultsSupportPanhandlingPolicy