Abstract
Serious mental illness (SMI) and homelessness each create significant burden on impacted individuals and pose major system- and provider-level challenges. With annual estimates of roughly 11 million individuals suffering from a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or severe bipolar disorder and greater than a half a million people experiencing homeless on a given night in the United States, the magnitude of each issue is sobering. Additionally, individuals with serious mental illness experience high rates of co-occurring substance use disorders and medical conditions and die on average 25 years younger than the general population. Homelessness is also a complex issue that can result from a number of factors and brings with it stigma and elevated morbidity and mortality.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient |
Subtitle of host publication | Social, Psychiatric, and Medical Issues |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 151-168 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030701352 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030701345 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 26 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Assertive Community Treatment
- Crisis Intervention Team
- Deinstitutionalization
- Housing First
- Serious mental illness
- Transinstitutionalization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine