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Effects of Homelessness on the Quality of Life of Persons With Severe Mental-Illness
Authors: Lehman, A. F.; Kernan, E.; Deforge, B. R.; Dixon, L.
Journal Name: Psychiatric Services
Publication Date: 1995
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the relationship between homelessness and specific quality-of-life problems for persons with severe and persistent mental illness. METHODS: The objective and subjective quality of life of 106 homeless persons with severe mental illness who lived on the streets or in shelters in Baltimore was compared with that of 146 domiciled persons with severe mental illness who lived in the community. RE...
Tags: mental illness; quailty of life; severe mental-illness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Assertive Community Treatment for People With Severe Mental Illness: Critical Ingredients and Impact on Patients
Authors: Bond, G. R.; Drake, R. E.; Mueser, K. T.; Latimer, E.
Publication Date: 2001
This article describes the critical ingredients of the assertive community treatment (ACT) model for people with severe mental illness and then reviews the evidence regarding its effectiveness and cost effectiveness. ACT is an intensive mental health program model in which a multidisciplinary team of professionals serves patients who do not readily use clinic-based services, but who are often at high risk for psychiatric hospitalization. Most ACT contacts occur in c...
Tags: mental health; population; severe mental illness; treatment; psychiatric disorders; cost analysis; community-based mental health care; Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders; Public Mental Healthcare Service Delivery; Schizophrenia Programs; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Risk Factors and Behaviours Among Homeless Persons: Effectiveness of Intensive Case Management in Reducing Housing Instability for Persons With Severe Mental Illness
Authors: Aubry, T.
Publication Date: 2005
This is a PowerPoint presentation from the Canadian Conference on Homelessness that took place in York University in 2005
Tags: risk factors; behaviours; homeless persons; intensive case management; reducing housing instability; severe mental illness; case management; Severe Mental Illnesses; supportive housing
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Poverty, Social Problems, and Serious Mental Illness
Authors: Draine, J., Salzer, M., Culhane, D., Hadley, T.
Journal Name: Psychiatric Services,
Publication Date: 2002
...experienced by persons with serious mental illness. He argues that mental illness is the root of social problems experienced by persons with mental illness and that treatment for the illness will ameliorate these social problems. On the other hand, Ms. Severson and Dr. Lieberman contend that our arguments are old, and they imply that these arguments are so widely accepted in the mental health community that they deserve little...
Tags: mental health; social problems; exclusion; serious mental illness; poverty; Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders; social exclusion; Severe Mental Illnesses
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Supported Employment for Inner-City Patients With Severe Mental Disorders
Authors: Drake, R, McHugo, G., Bebout, R., & Becker, D.
Journal Name: Archives of General Psychiatry,
Publication Date: 1999
Background This experiment evaluated the effectiveness of 2 approaches to vocational services for persons with severe mental disorders: (1) individual placement and support (IPS), in which employment specialists within the mental health center help patients to obtain competitive jobs and provide ongoing support, and (2) enhanced vocational rehabilitation (EVR), in which stepwise vocational services are delivered by rehabilitation agencies.
Methods One hundred fifty-two un...
Tags: employment; mental health; mental disorders; employment training; Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Nami | Persons With Mental Illness Who Are Homeless Or Missing: a Guide for Families
Authors: Missing
Publication Date: 2008
People with mental illness cannot always communicate their thoughts clearly or understand what others are saying to them. In confusion, some will retreat. Others have grandiose ideas and cannot make sound judgments. Sometimes they leave home or other secure surroundings, and they become homeless or missing. They can be gone for days, weeks, months or years. Often they leave behind distraught families, who are desperate to return their loved ones home or to another safe place.
If you...
Tags: mental illness; Homeless; Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders; Severe Mental Illnesses; home and continuing care
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Adult Foster Care: An Alternative to Homelessness for Some Chronically Mentally Ill Persons
Authors: Belcher, J. R.
Journal Name: Adult Foster Care Journal
Publication Date: 1999
The author explores the use of adult foster care in preventing homelessness among individuals with serious mental illnesses. A qualitative research methodology is used to better document the needs of persons with mental illnesses who have become homeless. Categories are presented that explain the process of how former patients of a state mental hospital become homeless. Structure and a supportive environment are shown to be necessary in the community in ord...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; adult foster care; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; foster care; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Home-Based Family Intervention for Ethnic Minorities With a Mentally Ill Member
Authors: Connery, L.; Brekke, J.
Journal Name: Alcohol Treatment Quarterly
Publication Date: 1999
This article presents the background, development, and content of a manualized home-based family intervention for ethnic minority families with a seriously mentally ill member. The development of this homelessness prevention intervention is based on the premise that the client's home is the most effective venue for achieving long-term positive outcomes from mental health service. The service plan consists of strategies for coping with mental illness, the ex...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; visible minorities; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Nimh/Niaa Research Conference: Paper Presentations
Authors: National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.; National Institute of Mental Health
Publication Date: 1991
This document contains papers presented at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAA) Research Conference in January 1991. Paper topics include: housing, poverty, prevention of homelessness, and the impact of substance abuse on homeless families. [abstract]
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; substance abuse; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; injection drug use; patterns of use; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Refocusing Upstream: Interim Status Report of the Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Collaborative Program to Prevent Homelessness
Authors: Center for Mental Health Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Organization: http://www.ginsler.com/documents/prevention.html
Publication Date: 1999
The purpose of this report is to provide the field with background and preliminary descriptive data concerning the Center for Mental Health Services/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Collaborative Program to Prevent Homelessness. The interventions and preliminary descriptive data presented in this report indicate that identification of persons at risk of homelessness occurs at multiple points along the treatment continuum rather than at a singular portal of entry. Points of entry...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; substance abuse; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; injection drug use; Severe Mental Illnesses; Outreach and Access to Services
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Housing Environment and Mental Health Outcomes: a Levels of Analysis Perspective
Authors: Wright, P. A.; Moos, B.
Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Psychology
Publication Date: 2007
This study examines the effects of perceived housing environment on selected well-being outcomes of a seriously mentally ill population in supported housing programs. Individuals live independently in their own apartments and use supportive mental health services as needed. The study conceptualizes one's housing environment as existing at the apartment, neighborhood and the surrounding community levels of analysis that, taken together, form a multi-dimensional construct of h...
Tags: housing ; mental health; mental illness; analysis perspective; affordable housing; Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders; Severe Mental Illnesses; supportive housing; home and continuing care
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The Homelessness Prevention Project 1996-1997: a Descriptive Manual
Authors: Clark, C.; Henry, M.
Organization: http://www.ginsler.com/documents/prevention.html
Publication Date: 1998
This report describes the Boley Homelessness Prevention Project which is part of the federal Homelessness Prevention Program. Set in West Central Florida, the program was developed in response to the community's need for stable and supportive housing for individuals who have experienced homelessness or been at risk of homelessness, have severe mental illness, and may or may not also have substance abuse disorders. Specifically, the intervention is the provision of: (1) assis...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Out in the Cold: a Better Way to Help the Homeless
Authors: Satel, S.
Journal Name: New Republic
Publication Date: 1994
This article discusses the Clinton administration's proposal to combat homelessness. According to the author, the government's written proposal, Priority Home! The Federal Plan to Break the Cycle of Homelessness, still leaves many homeless people out in the cold because it does not adequately address the issue of treatment for homeless persons with serious mental illnesses. The Clinton proposal would have homeless persons with mental illnesses receive care from main...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Impact of Continuity of Care on Recurrence of Homelessness Following An Acute Psychiatric Episode
Authors: Aveyrt, J. M.; Kuno, E.; Rothbard, A.; Culhane, D.
Publication Date: 1997
This paper examines the effectiveness of outpatient services delivered to people within 30 days of discharge from a psychiatric hospitalization. The sample consisted of 150 homeless adults with mental illness who were shelter users in the Philadelphia area. The study assessed the re-occurrence of homelessness following hospital discharge. Findings suggest that prompt connection with aftercare services was effective in reducing homelessness for people who used the shelter system a sin...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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New Thinking About the Homeless: Prevention, Not Cure
Authors: Smith, S. J.
Journal Name: Governing
Publication Date: 1988
The author discusses the increase in families among the homeless, the primary causes and regional strategies to prevent homelessness among this group. A brief discussion of homeless persons with mental illnesses and two New York City outreach programs developed for this subpopulation is included.
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Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Self Help Strategies and Resources Among People at Risk of Homelessness: Empirical Findings and Social Services Policy
Authors: Marin, M. V.; Vacha, E. F.
Journal Name: Social Work
Publication Date: 1995
Very little is known about self-help strategies and resources that exist among poor households and their role in the prevention of homelessness. This study examines the characteristics of homeless people who stay with their friends and relatives. It also examines their relationships with those who house them. Survey data revealed differences in the helping strategies and resources of those who double up. The respondents' gender, race, presence of children, and dependence on public assistance appear to...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Web of Failure: the Relationship Between Foster Care and Homelessness.
Authors: Roman, N. P.; Woffe, P. B.
Organization: http://www.naeh.org/files/1285_file_Web_of_Failure.pdf
Publication Date: 1995
The purpose of this report is to examine the relationship between foster care and homelessness and to determine if there is an overrepresentation of people with foster care histories in the homeless population. To examine these issues, the authors used four sources of information: (1) existing research on the connection between foster care and homelessness: (2) data collected from organizations that serve homeless people and that gather information on their clients' foster care history; (3) data obtai...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Policy Report and Recommendations: Task Force on Serving Rhode Island's Homeless
Authors: Rhode Island Emergency Food and Shelter Board
Organization: http://www.ginsler.com/documents/prevention.html
Publication Date: 1993
Based on data collected through the Rhode Island Emergency Shelter Information Project and published in its three-year study, the Task Force on Serving Rhode Island's Homeless has developed this report as a blueprint to address the issues of homelessness and affordable housing. To effectively respond to these problems, resources must be devoted to each of four stages of a housing assistance continuum: prevention programs; emergency shelter programs; transitional support programs; and permanent housing...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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The Homelessness Prevention Program: Outcomes and Effectiveness
Authors: Office of Program Planning, Analysis and Development; and Office of Shelter and Supported Housing Programs
Organization: http://www.ginsler.com/documents/prevention.html
Publication Date: 1990
In New York State there are currently 25 not-for-profit homelessness prevention services. The majority of these programs began servicing clients between March and May of 1990. Most of the clients served by the Homelessness Prevention Program are in the late stages of the eviction process. In all but two programs, the majority of clients have been served with eviction notices or received eviction notices while in the program. In addition to offering program descriptions, this report provides estimates...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses
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Title: Priority: Home! the Federal Plan to Break the Cycle of Homelessness.
Authors: Interagency Council on the Homeless
Organization: http://www.ginsler.com/documents/prevention.html
Publication Date: 1994
In May of 1993 President Clinton signed an Executive Order directing the 17 federal agencies that make up the Interagency Council on the Homeless (ICH) to prepare "a single coordinated Federal Plan for breaking the cycle of existing homelessness and for preventing future homelessness." A product of that effort, this document describes the changing nature of homelessness in the United States, briefly reviews the characteristics of the homeless population, and goes on to sketch the causes and outline th...
Tags: homelessness; prevention; case management; serious mental illness; housing ; affordable housing; causes of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; Severe Mental Illnesses; supportive housing