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A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale.

F J Ritchey, M La Gory, K M Fitzpatrick and J Mullis

Department of Sociology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.

Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES) Depression Scale results for surveys of homeless, community-wide and selected distressed samples are compared. Nearly four times the percentage of homeless fit the criterion for clinical caseness (a score of 16+) compared to the general population (74 to 19 percent). None of the distressed samples exhibited a higher rate except psychiatric patients diagnosed as acutely depressive. High rates of depression have implications for social policies directed toward homelessness.

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