2024
Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Beydoun H. Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Addiction 2024 PMID: 39415621, DOI: 10.1111/add.16689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-homeless veteransDrug overdose deathsOverdose deathsDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemHealthcare systemDepartment of Veterans Affairs healthcare systemNational Death Index dataHazard ratioVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemConfidence intervalsDeath Index dataEstimate hazard ratiosMental health characteristicsAssociated with greater riskEpidemic of drug overdoseHealth characteristicsHomeless veteransUS veteransCox regression modelsVeteransGreater riskHomeless populationSubstance useMultivariate Cox regression model
2021
Top 10 presenting diagnoses of homeless veterans seeking care at emergency departments
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Kertesz SG. Top 10 presenting diagnoses of homeless veterans seeking care at emergency departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 45: 17-22. PMID: 33647757, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.02.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-homeless veteransEmergency departmentAlcohol-related disordersED useRace/ethnicityDiagnostic categoriesDepressive disorderHomeless veteransNational VA administrative dataSuicidal behaviorCommon diagnostic categoriesLow back painVA administrative dataED service useVA homeless programsED visitsMusculoskeletal painPain conditionsRespiratory infectionsBack painED careDiagnostic codesObservational studyHispanic veteransService use
2013
Homelessness in a National Sample of Incarcerated Veterans in State and Federal Prisons
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA, Kasprow WJ, McGuire JF. Homelessness in a National Sample of Incarcerated Veterans in State and Federal Prisons. Administration And Policy In Mental Health And Mental Health Services Research 2013, 41: 360-367. PMID: 23512110, DOI: 10.1007/s10488-013-0483-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationVHA servicesPast homelessnessMore mental health problemsMore substance abuseNational administrative dataMental health problemsIncarcerated veteransClinical statusNon-homeless veteransMultinomial logistic regressionGeneral populationCriminal justice statusHealth AdministrationAdult menHealth problemsNeed of servicesSociodemographic characteristicsRe-entry programLogistic regressionSubstance abuse
2012
Conduct disorder behaviors, childhood family instability, and childhood abuse as predictors of severity of adult homelessness among American veterans
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Conduct disorder behaviors, childhood family instability, and childhood abuse as predictors of severity of adult homelessness among American veterans. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2012, 48: 477-486. PMID: 22797134, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0551-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeverity of homelessnessFamily instabilityAdult homelessnessHousing programsUrban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) programSupportive housing programChildhood family instabilityChildhood abuseHUD-VASH programHomeless veteransFederal effortsHomelessnessSocial relationshipsHousingHomeless episodesLess social supportAbuseSocial supportAdverse childhoodConduct-disordered behaviorMethodsUsing dataNon-homeless veteransChildhood problemsAmerican veteransLife