Resource Details

Non-Opioid Substance Use, Mental Health, & Homelessness

Healing Hands

Year Developed: 2019

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc) PCAs

Language(s): English

Developed by: National Health Care for the Homeless Council (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This issue of "Healing Hands" highlights the relationship between non-opioid substance use disorder, mental health, and homelessness. Approximately half of people experiencing homelessness have diagnosable substance use disorders at some point in their lives and experience stigma, serious mental illness, and poor health outcomes as a result.

Resource Details: This issue of "Healing Hands" highlights the relationship between non-opioid substance use disorder, mental health, and homelessness. Approximately half of people experiencing homelessness have diagnosable substance use disorders at some point in their lives and experience stigma, serious mental illness, and poor health outcomes as a result. This edition will explore the current opioid crisis, other commonly-used substances, critical issues that intersect with substance use and mental health in homeless populations, and strategies that providers can use to reduce the impact of stigma on patient treatment.

Resource Topic: , Clinical Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Substance Use Disorders, Behavioral Health, Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).

Keywords: Mental Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).