It is an outrage that here in America — the wealthiest country on earth in the year 2000 — so many people who suffer from mental illness remain homeless. Although severe mental illness has been documented in less than one-third of our homeless population, these individuals are among the most vulnerable, not only to multiple […]
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The following article summarizes currently recommended strategies for eliciting health-related behavior change which clinicians and their homeless clients are finding useful. Subsequent articles focus on the experience of individual practitioners in dealing with some of the most critical and persistent health problems their homeless patients face to which lifestyle modification is at least part of
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Among the most vulnerable of persons without a safe and dependable place to call home are those who have not yet reached physical or emotional maturity. The following articles focus on mental and behavioral health issues for homeless children and youth living with one parent or none — doubled up with rel- atives or friends,
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Trauma — physical, sexual and emotional — is both a cause and a consequence of homelessness. Numerous studies conducted dur- ing the past decade identify domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness in the United States, particularly for women and chil- dren, who now comprise approximately 40% of the homeless popula- tion. Between 22%
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Of the half-million or more people in America who are homeless on any night of the year, approximately one-third have a serious mental illness.1 The proportion is even higher for people living outside shelters.2 At least half of seriously mentally ill adults who experience homelessness also have a sub- stance use disorder; schizophrenia, mood disorders
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