Reflections on Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Crime

Shipley, Stacey L.; Tempelmeyer, Teresa C.

doi:10.1080/15228932.2012.713827

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“…Severity of symptoms can lead to neglect of basic personal care (hygiene, seeking for services or resources for social support and health care in the community) [3], besides decreasing the coping abilities [5]. …”

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“…Although this is not a causal study the fact that most participants presented mental illness, suggests that this condition may be a driving force ( driver ) for a person to live in the street [ 6 ]. Severity of symptoms can lead to neglect of basic personal care (hygiene, seeking for services or resources for social support and health care in the community) [ 3 ], besides decreasing the coping abilities [ 5 ].…”

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“…The homelessness continues to be a global and local social problem, but its true prevalence is underestimated. Urban centres have many people, seemingly homeless, poor and ragged, living all their lives in the street [ 3 ]. This is an worldwide and complex phenomenon of big cities that has been increasing in the last decades, particularly due to socio-economic factors [ 4 , 5 ].…”

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“…Homelessness is known to increase the risk of mental illness, thus raising concerns in mental health providers [ 6 , 7 ]. In the United States between 33 and 50% of homeless had schizophrenia, and a considerable proportion had substance use disorder, alcoholism and personality disorders [ 3 , 8 ]. Particularly in children, the high level of exposure of the homeless to abuse and to urban violence can increase risk of developing mental illness [ 9 , 10 ] in adulthood.…”

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Family reintegration of homeless in Maputo and Matola: a descriptive study

Gouveia

Massanganhe

Mandlate

et al. 2017

Int J Ment Health Syst

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BackgroundHomelessness is a global and local social problem with underestimated prevalence. It has been shown to increase the risk of mental illness, raising concerns from mental health providers about the need for effective interventions targeting this population.ObjectivesThe aim of this paper is to describe the mental health status of the homeless people in two urban setting in a low-income country, through using standardised clinical and socio-demographic assessments as well assessing potential predictors of family integration versus non-family integration among a group of homeless individuals receiving psychiatric and psychosocial treatment.MethodsA descriptive study was performed in Maputo and Matola cities between 2008 and 2010. Homeless people with apparent mental illness were mapped and recruited. The participants were referred from community to hospital, using a multidisciplinary treatment model, according to their clinical condition and later entered a family reintegration process.ResultsSeventy-one homeless people were recruited (93.0% male; 80.3% unemployed). The most common diagnosis was schizophrenia and other psychosis (46; 64.8%), followed by mental and behaviour disorder related to substance misuse (21; 29.6%), and intellectual disability (4; 5.6%). Family reintegration was achieved for 53.5% (38 patients). Patients with intellectual disability were less reintegrated and those with disorders related to substance use had better reinsertion in their families (Chi square(2) = 6.1; p = 0.047).ConclusionsFamily reintegration was achieved in more than half of participants after hospitalization. Integration was higher in cases of substance misuse, with those with associated intellectual disability being more difficult to reintegrate. Trial registration Trial Registration Number: NCT02936141, date of registration: 14/10/2016, retrospectively registered.

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Family reintegration of homeless in Maputo and Matola: a descriptive study

Gouveia

Massanganhe

Mandlate

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Int J Ment Health Syst

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“…This also reflects homeless condition in other urban area within Malaysia. According to Shipley and Tempelmeyer (2012), usually men tend to be homeless compared to women.…”

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Revealing Homelessness Phenomenon In Malaysia: A Case Study In George Town, Penang

Ramli¹,

Dawood²

2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Homelessness and Crime in Neighborhoods

Zhang

2022

Crime & Delinquency

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Objective: Literature on the influence of homelessness on crime is lacking, particularly at the neighborhood level. This study seeks to understand how homelessness affects crime levels in a large city in the United States. Data/Methods: Crime data, homeless count data, and neighborhood characteristics are obtained from three government public data sources. OLS Regression and Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) are utilized to determine the relationship between homelessness and crime on a global and local level. Results: The analyses revealed that homelessness is significantly, positively associated with crime, even when controlling for macro-level correlates of crime. The effect size of homelessness on crime varies across neighborhoods. Conclusions/Implications: Policy implications based on findings of the current study and future research are discussed.

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Reflections on Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Crime

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Family reintegration of homeless in Maputo and Matola: a descriptive study

Family reintegration of homeless in Maputo and Matola: a descriptive study

Revealing Homelessness Phenomenon In Malaysia: A Case Study In George Town, Penang

Homelessness and Crime in Neighborhoods

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