Foster care linked to homelessness, mental illness and drug use: B.C. study

The connection between foster care and homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse has been studied in a recent Simon Fraser report.

Being placed in foster care as a child increases the risk of homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse later on in life, suggests new research from Simon Fraser University psychologists. The study, the first in Canada to look at the link between foster care and drug and alcohol use among homeless adults with mental illness, was published online this week in peer-reviewed medical journal BMC Psychiatry.

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Source: Metro News