Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Oct 2000
Comparative StudyPathways to homelessness among the mentally ill.
Persons with mental illness are over-represented among the homeless relative to the general population, and mental illness is most likely one of many vulnerabilities that confer risk for homelessness. ⋯ Mental illness may play a role in initiating homelessness for some, but is unlikely in and of itself to be a sufficient risk factor for homelessness. In addition to outreach and treatment programs for adult mentally ill homeless persons, emphasis should be placed on interventions with children and on addressing more pervasive causes of homelessness.