Longitudinal brain atrophy and mortality among people living in homelessness and precarious housing: A brief report of a longitudinal study
Alcohol dependence, cardiovascular risk, and traumatic brain injury may represent particularly important risk factors for brain atrophy, and brain atrophy is associated with mortality among people living without stable housing. Targeting these modifiable risk factors may improve brain health and functioning outcomes among people living without stable housing.
Authors
- Allen E. Thornton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9942-0122)
- William G. Honer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7628-5108)
- Andrea A. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0804-967X)
- Alexander Rauscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-8252)
- Kristina M. Gicas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7917-6727)
- Wayne Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-9008)
- William J. Panenka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7143-6512)
- Alasdair M. Barr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3407-1574)
- Jacob Stubbs
- G. William MacEwan
- Thalia S. Field
- Donna J. Lang
- A. Talia Vertinsky
- Olga Leonova
- Manraj K. S. Heran
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of the Fraser Valley (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Spinal Cord Injury BC (CA)
- BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340056
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00