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Residential Transience Among Adults: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Association with Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use

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This study examined the association between frequent residential mobility (i.e., residential transience) and mental illness, mental health service use, and unmet need for services. Data are from the 2010 to 2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (n = ~ 229,600). Logistic regression models examined the relationship between proximal (past year) and distal (past 2–5 years) residential transience and past year any mental illness (AMI), serious mental illness (SMI), mental health service use among adults with mental illness, and unmet need for services. Adults with transience had greater odds of AMI and SMI than those without transience. Proximal and distal transience were unrelated to past year mental health service use among adults with mental illness, but the odds of unmet need for services were greater among adults with transience compared with those without, suggesting a level of unmet service need among those with transience.

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Source SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, 2010–2014

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Source SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, 2010–2014

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The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Jonaki Bose for her review and feedback on the manuscript and Margaret Smith for her assistance in preparing the manuscript.

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This study was funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Contract Number HHSS283201300001C).

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  1. Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Division, RTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA

    Cristie Glasheen, Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman & Ty A. Ridenour

  2. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 5600 Fishers Ln., Rockville, MD, 20857, USA

    Sarra Hedden

  3. Division for Statistical & Data Sciences, RTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Rd., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA

    Jiantong Wang & Jeremy D. Porter

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Glasheen, C., Forman-Hoffman, V.L., Hedden, S. et al. Residential Transience Among Adults: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Association with Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use. Community Ment Health J 55, 784–797 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00385-w

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