Ellen L Bassuk
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 698650 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ellen L Bassuk |
| PRENOMES | Ellen L |
| SOBRENOME | Bassuk |
| ASSINATURA | BASSUK E L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Harvard University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 267 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1974 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Peer-Delivered Recovery Support Services for Addictions in the United States
The effectiveness of housing interventions and housing and service interventions on ending family homelessness
Family homelessness has become a growing public health problem over the last 3 decades. Despite this trend, few studies have explored the effectiveness of housing interventions and housing and service interventions. The purpose of this systematic review is to appraise and synthesize evidence on effective interventions addressing family homelessness. We searched 10 major electronic databases from 2007 to 2013. Empirical studies investigating effec…
Depression in homeless mothers
Homeless mothers experience disproportionately high rates of major depressive disorder compared with the general population. Stressed by their circumstances, these women struggle to protect their families. Children living with a depressed parent have poorer medical, mental health, and educational outcomes. Despite the adverse impact on children, depression among mothers experiencing homelessness remains unacknowledged, unrecognized, and untreated…
Out on the street
A disproportionate number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth experience homelessness each year in the United States. LGBT youth who are homeless have particularly high rates of mental health and substance use problems, suicidal acts, violent victimization, and a range of HIV risk behaviors. Given the intense needs of LGBT youth experiencing homelessness, it is imperative to understand their unique experiences and develop resp…
Shelter from the Storm
Ending child homelessness in America
Approximately 1.5 million children experience homelessness in America each year. The current economic recession and staggering numbers of housing foreclosures have caused the numbers of homeless families to increase dramatically. The impact of homelessness on families and children is devastating. Without a place to call home, children are severely challenged by unpredictability, dislocation, and chaos. Homelessness and exposure to traumatic stres…
Special section on parenting and homelessness
Parenting and homelessness
This overview of parenting and homelessness includes the characteristics and needs of families who are homeless, with a focus on the unique challenges faced by mothers, fathers, and children. In addition, the authors discuss how homeless families are narrowly defined based on the family members who present at shelters and other service programs. In order to fully support parents and their children as they exit homelessness, homeless service progr…
Adaptation in Homeless Children
Using a person-centered analytical approach, this article examines data from the Worcester Family Research Project to determine whether homeless children (53 preschoolers and 69 school-age children) can be classified into subgroups based on measures of behavior problems, adaptive functioning, and achievement. Cluster analyses revealed two clusters: higher functioning children (doing well across all three domains, n = 57) and lower functioning chi…
Intimate Partner Violence in Extremely Poor Women
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health
The authors examined the association between exposure to violence and different indexes of mental health among 95 extremely poor children (age range = 8-17 years) and analyzed potential moderators and mediators. Findings indicated that 62% of youths had been exposed to at least 1 form of violence. Controlling for other explanatory factors, exposure to violence was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety) ac…
Role of kin and nonkin support in the mental health of low-income women
Data from the Worcester Family Research Project were analyzed to determine whether social support processes are altered by poverty and whether kin and nonkin support are differentially related to mental health in low-income mothers. The authors found that conflict with family and friends predicted adverse mental health and more strongly predicted these outcomes than emotional and instrumental support. Moreover, sibling conflict was a stronger pre…
Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children
This study examined the relationship between housing status and depression, anxiety, and problem behaviors among children age 6 and older who were members of low-income, single-parent, female-headed families. Participants were 80 homeless and 148 never homeless children living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Children in both groups had recently been exposed to various severe stressors. Mother-reported problem behaviors were above normative levels fo…
In parting
Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless and Low-Income Housed Mothers
OBJECTIVE: This study compared the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders among homeless and low-income housed mothers with the prevalence of these disorders among all women in the National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The authors used an unmatched case-control design for assessing 220 homeless and 216 housed mothers receiving public assistance. RESULTS: Homeless and housed mothers had similar rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Both grou…
The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the development status of 127 homeless and 91 low-income housed infants and toddlers. METHODS: The Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Vineland Screener were used to gather data. RESULTS: There were no differences between homeless and low-income housed children. However, younger children in both groups performed better than the older children on most summary scores. CONCLUSIONS: Homeless and low-income hou…
Homelessness in female-headed families
OBJECTIVES: To identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed, was conducted. METHODS: Homeless mothers (n = 220) were enrolled from family shelters in Worcester, Mass. Low-income housed mothers receiving welfare (n = 216) formed the comparison group. The women completed an interview covering socioeconomic, social support, victimization, men…
Toward a restructuring of the schools
The Characteristics and Needs of Sheltered Homeless and Low-Income Housed Mothers
OBJECTIVE: To compare characteristics of homeless and low-income housed mothers across economic, psychosocial, and physical health domains. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Community of Worcester, Mass. PARTICIPANTS: A cross-sectional sample of 220 sheltered homeless mothers and 216 low-income housed (never homeless) mothers receiving welfare. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Income, housing, life events, social support, history of abuse and assault, a…
Putting poor mothers to work
Legislating away reality
In support of children and youth
Into the mouths of babes
Dilemmas in counting the homeless
On arrival
Homelessness in female-headed families
OBJECTIVES: To identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed, was conducted. METHODS: Homeless mothers (n = 220) were enrolled from family shelters in Worcester, Mass. Low-income housed mothers receiving welfare (n = 216) formed the comparison group. The women completed an interview covering socioeconomic, social support, victimization, men…
Why does family homelessness occur? A case-control study
We compared 49 homeless female-headed families with 81 housed female-headed families in Boston. Most housed families were living in public or private subsidized housing. In both groups the mothers were poor, currently single, had little work experience, and had been on welfare for long periods. Many of their children had serious developmental and emotional problems. Homeless mothers had more frequently been abused as children and battered as adul…
Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children
This study examined the relationship between housing status and depression, anxiety, and problem behaviors among children age 6 and older who were members of low-income, single-parent, female-headed families. Participants were 80 homeless and 148 never homeless children living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Children in both groups had recently been exposed to various severe stressors. Mother-reported problem behaviors were above normative levels fo…
Characteristics of sheltered homeless families
To describe the characteristics of homeless families, we interviewed 80 homeless mothers and 151 children living in 14 family shelters in Massachusetts (two-thirds of the shelters in the state). Ninety-four per cent of the families were headed by women, 91 per cent were on AFDC (aid to families with dependent children), with twice as many as the state average having been on AFDC for at least two years; most had long histories of residential insta…
Intimate Partner Violence in Extremely Poor Women
Adaptation in Homeless Children
Using a person-centered analytical approach, this article examines data from the Worcester Family Research Project to determine whether homeless children (53 preschoolers and 69 school-age children) can be classified into subgroups based on measures of behavior problems, adaptive functioning, and achievement. Cluster analyses revealed two clusters: higher functioning children (doing well across all three domains, n = 57) and lower functioning chi…
The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the development status of 127 homeless and 91 low-income housed infants and toddlers. METHODS: The Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Vineland Screener were used to gather data. RESULTS: There were no differences between homeless and low-income housed children. However, younger children in both groups performed better than the older children on most summary scores. CONCLUSIONS: Homeless and low-income hou…
Housing Famine and Homelessness
A famine paradigm of low-income housing deficit in the USA first introduced by recent studies of homelessness in New York City is extended to understand how impacts of that deficit may be structured according to the social network length of low-income families. A simplified mathematical model suggests that poor families with truncated social support networks are most vulnerable to housing famine, and explores how the famine may synergistically in…
Who are the homeless families? Characteristics of sheltered mothers and children
Supplementary Statement on Health Care for Homeless People
The Rest Cure
During the late nineteenth century, Victorian doctors frequently administered S. Weir Mitchell's famous to women with severe nervous symptoms. These included patients diagnosed as hypochondriacs, hysterics, and most commonly, neurasthenics.1 Supposedly, many benefited but others, such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf, became even sicker and condemned both Mitchell and his treatment.2 Certainly, the rest cure was less barbaric than l…
Lithium—Its Role in Psychiatric Research and Treatment
The VIP with Psychiatric Impairment
Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry—Genetics and Psychopharmacology, Vol. 10
Human Adaptation—Coping with Life Crises
Deinstitutionalization and Mental Health Services
Stress and Coping—An Anthology
The Homelessness Problem
Development of a rural behavioral emergency training program
The Rest Cure
During the late nineteenth century, Victorian doctors frequently administered S. Weir Mitchell's famous to women with severe nervous symptoms. These included patients diagnosed as hypochondriacs, hysterics, and most commonly, neurasthenics.1 Supposedly, many benefited but others, such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf, became even sicker and condemned both Mitchell and his treatment.2 Certainly, the rest cure was less barbaric than l…
Characteristics of sheltered homeless families
To describe the characteristics of homeless families, we interviewed 80 homeless mothers and 151 children living in 14 family shelters in Massachusetts (two-thirds of the shelters in the state). Ninety-four per cent of the families were headed by women, 91 per cent were on AFDC (aid to families with dependent children), with twice as many as the state average having been on AFDC for at least two years; most had long histories of residential insta…
Homeless children
Characteristics of homeless children were assessed in interviews with 82 homeless families, including 156 children, living in 14 Massachusetts family shelters. Developmental delays, severe depression and anxiety, and learning difficulties were common among the children. Based on the use of research screening instruments, about half the children were found in need of psychiatric referral and evaluation
Supplementary Statement on Health Care for Homeless People
Why does family homelessness occur? A case-control study
We compared 49 homeless female-headed families with 81 housed female-headed families in Boston. Most housed families were living in public or private subsidized housing. In both groups the mothers were poor, currently single, had little work experience, and had been on welfare for long periods. Many of their children had serious developmental and emotional problems. Homeless mothers had more frequently been abused as children and battered as adul…
Identifying Catastrophic Psychiatric Cases
Case management programs, a specialized form of utilization review (UR), focus their interventions on catastrophic cases, which comprise the minority of patients while accounting for the majority of costs. Many case management programs base their case identification and review criteria on diagnosis alone, although research has shown that it is a poor predictor of length of stay. Using claims data from a large nationwide insurer, the authors devel…
Health care for the homeless
Substance abuse
1Assistant Professor of Family and Community, Medicine University of Massachusetts, Medical School Worcester, Massachusetts Medical Director The Better Homes Foundation Newton, Massachusetts 2Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Cambridge, Massachusetts President The Better Homes Foundation Newton, Massachusetts
Who are the homeless families? Characteristics of sheltered mothers and children
Housing Famine and Homelessness
A famine paradigm of low-income housing deficit in the USA first introduced by recent studies of homelessness in New York City is extended to understand how impacts of that deficit may be structured according to the social network length of low-income families. A simplified mathematical model suggests that poor families with truncated social support networks are most vulnerable to housing famine, and explores how the famine may synergistically in…
Out of mind--out of sight
Social and economic hardships of homeless and other poor women
Homeless women generally face the same social and economic problems as do men but in an intensified form due to the social marginalization of women and the responsibilities of parenthood, often borne by women alone. Remedies that entail changes in public policy and the enhancement of social-support networks are discussed
Homeless pregnant women
The impact of pregnancy on the course of homelessness and the adverse effects of homelessness on pregnant women and their babies are explored. Recommendations for policy to address the urgent needs of this population are offered, and components of an innovative three-site demonstration program are described
Homeless women--Economic and social issues
Mental health issues affecting homeless women
A review of the relevant literature is followed by an exploration of the complex relationship, especially for women, between homelessness and mental health. Various mental health and gender-related concerns that have implications for the design of interventions for homeless women are explored
On arrival
Troubling Families
Psychology (43 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (29 obras) · Medicine (28 obras) · Psychiatry (24 obras) · Environmental health (15 obras) · Mental health (12 obras) · Sociology (11 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Population (10 obras) · Clinical Psychology (9 obras)