Homelessness and mental health /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996. |
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| Description: | xvi, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in social and community psychiatry |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2499730 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction and Special Groups
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Homelessness and mental illness: a brief history
- 3. Models of homelessness
- 4. Young homeless and homeless families: a review
- 5. Homeless women
- 6. Homelessness and criminality
- Part II. Services
- 7. Services for the mentally ill homeless
- 8. Clinical work with homeless people in the USA
- 9. The severely mentally ill in hostels for the homeless
- 10. Old and homeless in London and New York City: a cross-national comparison
- 11. Primary health care of the single homeless
- Part III. International Perspective
- 12. European perspectives
- 13. Lessons from America: semantics and services for mentally ill homeless individuals
- 14. Homelessness and mental health: lessons from Australia
- Part IV. Policy and Evaluation
- 15. Implications of social policy
- 16. Evaluating services for homeless people with mental disorders: theoretical and practical issues
- 17. Future directions for homeless mentally ill
- Index