-
- Leah K Bauer, Travis P Baggett, Theodore A Stern, Jim J O'Connell, and Derri Shtasel.
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. lbauer@partners.org
- Psychosomatics. 2013 Jan 1; 54 (1): 14-21.
BackgroundThe care of homeless persons with serious mental illness remains a common and challenging problem in general hospital settings.ObjectiveThis article aims to review data on homelessness and its psychiatric comorbidities, and to expand the skills of providers who encounter homeless individuals in general hospital settings.ResultsLiterature review reveals patient, provider, and systems factors that contribute to suboptimal health outcomes in homeless individuals.ConclusionsDiagnostic rigor, integrated medical and psychiatric care, trauma-informed interventions, special considerations in capacity evaluations, and health care reform initiatives can improve the treatment of homeless persons with serious mental illness.Copyright © 2013 The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..