2024
Role of homelessness and psychiatric disorders in suicide deaths among veterans: A four-way decomposition analysis
Beydoun H, Szymkowiak D, Pietrzak R, Beydoun M, Treadwell R, Tsai J. Role of homelessness and psychiatric disorders in suicide deaths among veterans: A four-way decomposition analysis. Psychiatry Research 2024, 340: 116120. PMID: 39121758, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health disordersFour-way decomposition analysisSubstance useHealth disordersPsychiatric disordersMortality riskSuicide deathsHomeless veteransVeterans AffairsSubstance use disordersU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Veterans AffairsPredictors of suicide deathVA healthcare systemFully-adjusted modelsMental health characteristicsEffects of homelessnessProportion of suicide deathsSuicide riskUse disorderHealth characteristicsRetrospective cohort studySuicideHealthcare systemDisordersFinancial Health and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Veterans With Psychosis or Recent Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tsai J, McCleery A, Wynn J, Green M. Financial Health and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Veterans With Psychosis or Recent Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychological Services 2024, 21: 362-368. PMID: 37410791, PMCID: PMC10770285, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychotic disorder groupPsychotic disordersPsychiatric symptomsMental healthImprove mental healthAssociated with symptomsCTL groupMental well-beingPhysical healthVeteransVeteran suicideReducing veteran suicideWell-beingCOVID-19 pandemicMaterial hardshipHoused veteransSymptomsPsychosisPsychiatricDepressionFinancial shocksHealthSuicideVulnerable groupsNO groupSuicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless
Holliday R, Hostetter T, Brenner L, Bahraini N, Tsai J. Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless. Health Services Research 2024, 59: e14301. PMID: 38590010, PMCID: PMC11366967, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComprehensive suicide risk evaluationsSuicide risk screeningRisk screeningPositive screenUniversal suicide risk screeningHomeless patientsHealth record dataMental health servicesEvidence-based interventionsSuicide risk identificationPrimary carePatient health record dataVHA servicesHealth servicesUrgent careHomeless veteransSuicide risk evaluationRecord dataCalendar yearSuicide riskPercentage of patientsCareVHASuicideScreening
2022
Establishing a Research Agenda for Suicide Prevention Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
Robinson M, Holliday R, Monteith LL, Blosnich JR, Elbogen EB, Gelberg L, Hooshyar D, Liu S, McInnes DK, Montgomery AE, Tsai J, Grassmeyer R, Brenner LA. Establishing a Research Agenda for Suicide Prevention Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. Frontiers In Psychology 2022, 13: 683147. PMID: 35197892, PMCID: PMC8860179, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.683147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuicide preventionVeterans AffairsDelphi processSignificant public health concernPublic health concernHealth services researchIterative Delphi processVeterans Experiencing HomelessnessRisk populationsUnderstanding of barriersHealthcare providersRisk periodEmergency interventionHealth concernPreventionPotential research prioritiesVeteransServices researchDelphi methodologySuicideResearch prioritiesRiskRisk assessmentDevelopment meetingsHomelessnessDemographic and socioeconomic correlates of suicide deaths and nonfatal self-injury related hospital visits: An analysis of counties in New York State
Edwards ER, Gromatsky M, Dichiara A, Goodman M, Tsai J, Geraci A, Geraci J. Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of suicide deaths and nonfatal self-injury related hospital visits: An analysis of counties in New York State. Psychiatry Research 2022, 309: 114407. PMID: 35091159, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicide deathsSocioeconomic disadvantageVeteran suicide ratesLower household incomeGeneral population suicidesCommunity risk factorsHigher disabilityHospital visitsRisk factorsSocial disintegrationOutpatient servicesVeteran populationBivariate analysisCommunity correlatesHospitalizationNew York StateSocioeconomic correlatesRegression analysisSuicideAnalysis of countiesSuicide ratesDeathCorrelatesHousehold income
2019
Association between suicide attempts and homelessness in a population-based sample of US veterans and non-veterans
Tsai J, Cao X. Association between suicide attempts and homelessness in a population-based sample of US veterans and non-veterans. Journal Of Epidemiology & Community Health 2019, 73: 346. PMID: 30602531, DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS veteransSuicide attemptsVeterans Health AdministrationHigh-risk individualsLifetime homelessnessSame risk factorsPopulation-based sampleNational Epidemiological SurveySuicide prevention servicesRelated Conditions-IIILifetime suicide attemptsRepresentative US sampleRisk factorsUS adultsPrevention servicesEpidemiological surveyHealth AdministrationHomeless historiesVeteransConditions-IIISuicideAssociationUS sample