Annotated Bibliography on Heroin Abuse
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The impact of mental illness on heroin addiction deaths among homeless teens in the United States
Auerswald, C. L., Lin, J. S., & Parriott, A. (2016). Six-year mortality in a street-recruited cohort of homeless youth in San Francisco, California. PeerJ, 4, e1909.
Street families face various challenges in every-day life. The conditions in the streets expose the families to unspeakable struggles in a bid to remain alive. Auerswald, Lin, and Parriott, (2016) researched on the mortality of street dwellers for six years. The study considered homeless street-dwellers and the choice of respondents was random — the sampling method considered youths between fifteen and twenty-four years. Adjustments were made on the race, age and gender to avoid biased responses. The results showed that the homeless street people were more likely to use drugs due to pressure from their peers. The drugs, on the other hand, contribute towards the high mortality rates of the street dwellers. The information provided in the article is crucial in assessing the relationship between homelessness and drug abuse.
Famutimi, O. D., & Thompson, K. R. (2018). Trends in substance use treatment admissions among the homeless in the United States: 2005-2015. J Pub Health Issue Pract, 2, 118.
Substance use is a significant cause for concern for the rising mortality rates among homeless people in the US. Heroin is one of the most consumed substances in the US and is associated with several health impacts. Famutimi and Thompson contacted a study in 2018 to assess the rate at which drug addicts admitted to needing help. The treatment has been found to help several individuals from substance abuse, although most addicts fail to accept the treatment options offered. The study was done on a publicly available dataset. Moreover, the analysis of the data involved the use of statistical models on the demographic characteristics such as age, gender and race. The results showed that treatment acceptance was low among the homeless and that further research was required to assess the causes of quiet treatment acceptance.
Hadland, S. E. (2019). Epidemiology and Historical Drug Use Patterns. In Treating Adolescent Substance Use (pp. 3-14). Springer, Cham.
Hadland (2019) researched on the existing patterns among drug users in the adolescent ages. The motivation behind the research was the alarming exceptions on the rate decrease of substance use. The US has been reporting a significant drop in substance abuse in the recent past. However, the rate of drug and substance abuse has remained significantly high among adolescents on the streets. The main aim of the study was to come up with mechanisms that can help in dealing with the drug menace on the streets. Moreover, the research involves the use of historical publications on drug and substance abuse among adolescents. The information from the article is crucial in the study on the impact of heroin addiction to deaths of street dwellers.
Hadland, S. E., Wood, E., Dong, H., Marshall, B. D., Kerr, T., Montaner, J. S., & DeBeck, K. (2015). Suicide attempts and childhood maltreatment among street youth: A prospective cohort study. Pediatrics, 136(3), 440-449.
A study by Hadland et al. (2015) shows that suicide cases have been rampant among street youth. The leading cause of suicidal cases is drug and substance abuse among the youth. Most street parents are obsessed with drugs and do not offer proper parenting services to their children. The children grow up distressed and suicidal thoughts set in. Therefore, the study attempts to directly relate drug abuse to poor parenting and harsh childhood experiences. Moreover, the researcher concluded that childhood mistreatments could trigger suicidal thoughts and drug abuse has a significant impact on such mistreatments. A study on heroin and the cause of deaths could find information on the article useful.
Lee, K. H., Jun, J. S., Kim, Y. J., Roh, S., Moon, S. S., Bukonda, N., & Hines, L. (2017). Mental health, substance abuse, and suicide among homeless adults. Journal of evidence-informed social work, 14(4), 229-242.
Mental health plays a crucial role in ensuring proper decision making among individuals. However, drug and substance abuse can affect the mental health of a person. Lee et al. (2017) present a study on the role of mental health and substance abuse on suicide among homeless adults. Generally, homelessness causes stress that forces people into taking shortcuts in the management of stress. One of the alternatives taken is the use of drugs and affects the mental health of victims. The researchers found sufficient evidence to associate mental health and substance abuse to suicide among homeless adults. Researchers on the impact of heroin on deaths will find this article useful.
References
Auerswald, C. L., Lin, J. S., & Parriott, A. (2016). Six-year mortality in a street-recruited cohort of homeless youth in San Francisco, California. PeerJ, 4, e1909.
Famutimi, O. D., & Thompson, K. R. (2018). Trends in substance use treatment admissions among the homeless in the United States: 2005-2015. J Pub Health Issue Pract, 2, 118.
Hadland, S. E. (2019). Epidemiology and Historical Drug Use Patterns. In Treating Adolescent Substance Use (pp. 3-14). Springer, Cham.
Hadland, S. E., Wood, E., Dong, H., Marshall, B. D., Kerr, T., Montaner, J. S., & DeBeck, K. (2015). Suicide attempts and childhood maltreatment among street youth: A prospective cohort study. Pediatrics, 136(3), 440-449.
Lee, K. H., Jun, J. S., Kim, Y. J., Roh, S., Moon, S. S., Bukonda, N., & Hines, L. (2017). Mental health, substance abuse, and suicide among homeless adults. Journal of evidence- informed social work, 14(4), 229-242.