Substance use by homeless clinic attenders in Sydney.
Kirra SolterbeckLauren StaplesLogan WoodmanNicholas BurnsRebecca MitchellOlav NielssenPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2024)
The study found a high rate of polysubstance use among homeless clinic attenders in Sydney, and an increase in the prevalence of substance use compared to previous studies. Substance use is both a cause and a consequence of homelessness, and services to address substance use have to be part of any program to reduce homelessness and sleeping in the open.