Risk factors for homelessness among schizophrenic men: a case-control study (original) (raw)

The homeless mentally ill: myths and realities

The International journal of social psychiatry, 1993

This literature review summarises the historical background of homelessness. It suggests that the current view of homeless people as chronic mentally ill is the latest phase in a series of the different ways in which society has perceived and labelled the homeless. We have argued that homelessness is a product of the lack of housing provision to the poorest section of society and that the psychiatric needs of many of the homeless might be a direct result of poverty and homelessness. This review also highlights difficulties in interpreting data produced by surveys of homeless people. These difficulties include the multiple definitions of homelessness used and also the major methodological errors which limit the usefulness of their findings. In particular sampling methods used may have overestimated the more visible part of the homeless population, overestimating the levels of psychiatric morbidity. Even if these limitations are ignored the data produced by these studies do not allow ...

Risk factors for homelessness among women with schizophrenia

American Journal of Public Health, 1995

In previous eras, women have been found among hoboes, wanderers, and inmates of almshouses,1-4 and today they constitute about 20% of the contemporary adult homeless population.5 Homeless women without kin have been found to be more psychiatrically disabled than other subgroups of the homeless,5 particularly those in mid-adulthood and older.6

Mental illness and homelessness

2015

Better mental health services would combat not only mental illness, but homelessness as well. Many homeless people with severe mental illnesses are willing to accept treatment and services, however, “only 44% of adults with diagnosable mental health problems and less than 20% of children and adolescents receive needed treatment” stated the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services6. Outreach programs are more successful when there are accessible health care services.

Homeless but Not Helpless: Legal Issues in the Care of Homeless People with Mental Illness

Journal of Social Issues, 1989

The sight of homeless people in U.S. cities and countrysides has entered our national consciousness. Many writers blame the increase in homeless people on the deinstitutionalization movement that occurred in the last 30 years. This paper disputes that conclusion and suggests that solutions to the growing problem of homelessness will not be found in admission wards of state mental hospitals. Relaxing commitment laws, imposing mandatory outpatient commitment, or forcibly transporting homeless people to emergency wards of psychiatric hospitals will not end homelessness, nor will they provide homeless mentally ill people what they need most: a decent home and supportive services.