Out-of-home care placement, psychiatric disorders, and risk of homelessness: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family adversity and childhood abuse have been associated with an increased risk of homelessness in adulthood. However, to our knowledge, no population-based longitudinal studies have examined the association between out-of-home placement and subsequent homelessness, while accounting for psychiatric disorders and parental background. Thus, we aimed to investigate the association between out-of-home placement and psychiatric disorders during childhood or adolescence and homelessness later in life.

Methods

We used data from a nationwide, register-based birth cohort in Denmark from 1 January 1983 to 31 December 2003, who were alive at any point from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2021. Children and adolescents (aged 0-17) were followed up from their 18th birthday for

SUBMITTER: Feodor Nilsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12304741 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature