Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness / Russell K. Schutt.
2011
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Details
Title
Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness / Russell K. Schutt.
Author
Schutt, Russell K., author.
ISBN
9780674058880
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (402 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674058880 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.2
Summary
Community integration has been a central goal of mental health service policy since deinstitutionalization began in the 1950s, as homelessness increased in the 1980s, and as housing programs for homeless mentally ill persons developed in the 1990s. In 1990, an innovative experiment-the Boston McKinney Project-began to test alternative housing policies. Schutt's comprehensive analysis of the project's findings calls into question current housing policies that support the preference of most homeless mentally ill persons to live alone in independent apartments. Indeed, Homelessness, Housing and Mental Illness shows that living alone reduces housing retention and cognitive functioning, thereby supporting clinicians' usual recommendation of group living. Schutt's findings challenge the assumptions behind current policy and call for reexamining housing programs for this population.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Point of Departure
2. Community in Theory
3. From Back Wards to Dark Hallways
4. Satisfying Wants and Meeting Needs
5. Social Relations
6. Substance Abuse
7. Mental Illness
8. Functioning in the Community
9. Empowerment
10. Housing Loss
11. Community Process in Context
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Point of Departure
2. Community in Theory
3. From Back Wards to Dark Hallways
4. Satisfying Wants and Meeting Needs
5. Social Relations
6. Substance Abuse
7. Mental Illness
8. Functioning in the Community
9. Empowerment
10. Housing Loss
11. Community Process in Context
Appendix
Notes
References
Index