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Homelessness

A National Perspective

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Marjorie J. Robertson

    1. Medical Research Institute of San Francisco, Institute of Epidemiology and Behavioral Medicine, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, USA

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  2. Milton Greenblatt

    1. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and San Fernando Valley Program in Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
      Department of Psychiatry, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Social Psychiatry (TSPS)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Causes of Homelessness

      • Gary A. Morse
      Pages 3-17

    3. Homelessness and the Housing Crisis

      • Jacqueline Leavitt
      Pages 19-34

    4. The Modern Pauper

      • Joel F. Handler
      Pages 35-46

    5. Deinstitutionalization and Reinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill

      • Milton Greenblatt
      Pages 47-56

    6. The Criminalization of Homelessness

      • Pamela J. Fischer
      Pages 57-64

  3. Mental Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Homelessness and the Chronically Mentally Ill

      • Miles F. Shore, Martin D. Cohen
      Pages 67-75

    3. Problems in the Assessment of Mental Illness among the Homeless

      • Paul Koegel, M. Audrey Burnam
      Pages 77-99

    4. Mental Health Services for Homeless People

      • William R. Breakey
      Pages 101-107

    5. Mental Health and Homelessness

      • J. Thomas Ungerleider, Therese Andrysiak, Naomi Siegel, Derrell Tidwell, Toni Flynn
      Pages 109-116

    6. Mental Health and Other Human Service Needs of Homeless People

      • Gary A. Morse, Robert J. Calsyn
      Pages 117-130

  4. Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Health and Health Care of Homeless People

      • René I. Jahiel
      Pages 133-163

    3. Strategies for the Delivery of Medical Care

      • Philip W. Brickner, John McAdam, William J. Vicic, Patricia Doherty
      Pages 165-174

  5. Alcohol

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. The Homeless Alcoholic

      • Russell K. Schutt, Gerald R. Garrett
      Pages 177-186

    3. Public Policy and the Homeless Alcoholic

      • Judith Wilhite
      Pages 187-196

  6. Special Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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Distinguished contributors analyze the problem of homelessness from a clinical perspective, focusing on the major health problems found among the homeless, special populations within the homeless, and strategies for improvement and change.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical Research Institute of San Francisco, Institute of Epidemiology and Behavioral Medicine, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, USA

    Marjorie J. Robertson

  • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and San Fernando Valley Program in Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Milton Greenblatt

  • Department of Psychiatry, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, USA

    Milton Greenblatt

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