The psychostimulant methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive drug that has surged in
popularity over the last decade in North America. A burgeoning number of clandestine drug …

Objective The health of people living in marginal housing is not well characterized, particularly
from the perspective of multimorbid illness. The authors investigated this population in a …

Background The “trimorbidity” of substance use disorder and mental and physical illness is
associated with living in precarious housing or homelessness. The extent to which substance …

OBJECTIVE: The basal ganglia may contribute to extrapyramidal movement disorders,
affective disturbances, and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. Basal ganglia volumes are …

BACKGROUND: Compared with normal-weight patients, obese patients with bipolar I disorder
(BD) suffer more manic and depressive episodes and make more suicide attempts. In the …

Objective: The Hotel Study was initiated in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES)
neighborhood to investigate multimorbidity in homeless or marginally housed people. We …

Previous research has demonstrated the efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of exercise
training in persons living with schizophrenia. However, the optimal exercise training program …

Background: In addition to the hallmark cognitive and functional impairments mounting
evidence indicates that schizophrenia is also associated with an increased risk for the …

Background We previously reported that overweight/obese first-episode mania patients had
reduced white matter (WM) and temporal lobe volumes compared with normal-weight …

BackgroundHomeless and precariously housed individuals experience a high burden of
comorbid illnesses, and excess mortality. Cross-sectional studies report a high rate of cognitive …