Breakey WR: Mental health services for homeless people, in Robertson MJ, Greenblatt M (eds): Homelessness: A National Perspective . New York, Plenum Press, 1992.BREAKEY, W. R., 1992, Mental health services for homeless people, in Robertson, M.J. and Greenblatt, M., eds., Homeless :...
Project CATCH works to connect homeless individuals with services for children, services to help parents support their child’s well-being and services for shelters to identify and meet needs of families with children. The program has also helped educate ...
Factors associated with positive outcomes for homeless men referred to a shelter-based collaborative mental health care team were examined.A chart review of 73 clients referred over 12 months was completed. Two outcome measures were examined, clinical status and housing status, 6 months after their ...
Our research demonstrates that homeless women receive both more instrumental and more expressive support. These supports, however, do not advantage homeless women. The distress process appears different for males and females. For males and females, life events stimulate social support, but the effect ...
The difficulty in achieving good quality community mental health care for homeless people has received increasing attention during the last few years. Less consideration has been given to the provision of inpatient care. By comparing data collected before and after its inception, we examined the impac...
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A study of homeless people in Baltimore, Md, focused on their health and other characteristics, with special emphasis on their needs for services. In the first stage, 298 men and 230 women were randomly selected from the missions, shelters, and jail in Baltimore to respond to a baseline inte...
Is homelessness a mental health problem? Seventy-eight homeless men, women, and children staying at an emergency shelter were interviewed. The vast majority were found to have severe psychological illnesses that largely remained untreated. Approximately 91% were given primary p... None - 《Am J ...
of homeless people. The mental ill-health of homeless people.The mental ill-health of homeless people.Meltzer, Howard
The concern that mentally ill people are contributing to the increase in the homeless population in the UK and the USA is leading to a reappraisal of mental health policies. TABLE 7.3. Mental Health Beds for 24-Hour Hospital and Residential Treatment, by Type of Organization, Rates per 100,...