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Homelessness

A National Perspective

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
  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    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. The Criminalization of Homelessness

      • Pamela J. Fischer
      Pages 57-64
  3. Mental Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
    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
    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
    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

About this book

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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