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[Dr J @SomersResearch]

14,500.methadone patients followed for 7 years. Results?:
Methadone saves lives but isn’t used consistently.
35% had very serious mental illness. Many live in long term poverty.
We need integrated treatment, and to give patients choices.
https://t.co/nM2bi7yRtZ

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Canada, China, Germany - all reporting high rates of undiagnosed mental illness among the homeless, linked to addiction and crime.
Time to shift paradigms from emergency measures to promoting recovery.

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[Mike Hager - Also at mikehager.bsky.social @MikePHager]

Julian Somers, @sfu clinical psychologist & health researcher, followed up with an email on how we "systematically ignore the elephant in the rooming house" in regards to #Vancouver's rental crisis + massive #homelessness problem:
https://t.co/e9wMudXTUo #VanRE #Vanpoli #DTES

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

This study replicates our finding in Vancouver that Housing First works just as well for people with addictions...
https://t.co/jruRUFnCQq

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

More evidence that supported housing works!
Housing First Improves Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication Among Formerly Homeless Adults With Schizophrenia: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial | Schizophrenia Bulletin | Oxford Academic https://t.co/nChoY8VyN3

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Does consistently taking medication have an impact on crime?
Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication and Criminal Recidivism in a Canadian Provincial Offender Population | Schizophrenia Bulletin | Oxford Academic https://t.co/h1OORUaOMl

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

What happens to people's drug use when they move from homelessness into supported housing? It looks like we need more and better addiction treatment.
Changes in daily substance use among people experiencing homelessness and menta... https://t.co/JX7TiLN6RF

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

New research in Addiction:
What's the link between methadone maintenance treatment and crime?
We followed 14,000 methadone patients for up to 17-years. https://t.co/b8lvlt3TPX

[SomersResearchGroup @Somers_Research]

Dr. Julian Somers, Director of the Somers Research Group discussing the strengths and limitations of the National Housing Strategy on CBC's The Early Edition. #Homelessness #Canpoli https://t.co/ceEctuvChb

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Vancouver Sun reports on our study supporting homeless people with schizophrenia https://t.co/69WcIfp957

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

A new area of research that goes beyond "health": Complex Co-occurring Disorders
| Cambridge Core https://t.co/XbJKlEgEmS

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

15-year adherence to antipsychotic medication among homeless adults:
https://t.co/8zMmBdugBU

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

New paper from our group - Housing First boosts medication adherence:
https://t.co/SpS7QWtDEA

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Riverview panel gets an earful https://t.co/8xVQbYZEoA

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Small B.C. towns struggle with homeless: study | Vancouver 24 hrs http://t.co/QXqtng4b0d

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Police calls reveal growing pains persist at Vancouver supportive-housing projects http://t.co/1pqpqpldbl via @georgiastraight

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Housing First does not help addicts: study - Maple Ridge News http://t.co/F6pUEwjc41 via @BlackPressMedia

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Vancouver study finds supportive-housing policies fail to curb drug use http://t.co/IhMTyhlrAY via @georgiastraight

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Harvard Medical School picks up some of our research:
http://t.co/ALRHvWdaId

[Dr J @SomersResearch]

Many with CCD in B.C. don’t have access to help, study finds http://t.co/agGsMrAHZl