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Mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness
- Author:
- O'LEARY Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(4), December 1998, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses government policy for the homeless and looks at why, despite huge expenditure over the last few years, only limited benefits appear to have been felt by those street homeless people who have mental health and dependency problems.
Rough times
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ruth, JONES Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.9.98, 1998, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
In the wake of a new government report on rough sleeping, the authors examine the potential consequences.
Homelessness: a review of the social policy background and the role of occupational therapy
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Helen, JONES Derek
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(7), July 1997, pp.315-319.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article introduces occupational therapists to some of the legislation regarding homelessness and to the research that has been conducted into current trends and the causes of the problem. Health-related issues and the help available for homeless people are highlighted. Finally, the role of occupational therapy as described in the literature is outlined.
Severe and multiple disadvantage: a review of key texts
- Authors:
- DUNCAN Mark, CORNER Julian
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises the findings from key texts that address severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD), covering the co-occurrence of homelessness, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems, cycles of violence and abuse, and chronic poverty. The review highlights attempts to: define the issue politically; provide data on the scope and scale of SMD; highlights effective services; and makes recommendations for service delivery and government policy. The review also identifies key political benefits for future action, including cost effectiveness resulting from reducing overlaps in service provision and the development of new and innovative services. (Edited publisher abstract)
The use of anti-social behaviour powers with vulnerable groups: some recent research
- Author:
- MANDERS Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 9(1), January 2010, pp.145-153.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
There is a concern that certain vulnerable groups have been targeted by the anti-social behaviour powers because of perceptions of them flouting normal standards of behaviour; becoming categorised through a strategy of ‘essentialised’ difference and represented as problematic in nature, requiring disciplinary interventions. Groups subject to such regulation may include: people with mental health problems; ‘young people characterised as yobs’; ‘homeless and street-life people’; ‘drug users and alcohol misusers’; and ‘problem families’. This review focuses on these specific groups in turn, and the ways that the disciplinary processes inherent in the use of the various anti-social behaviour powers affect them, highlighting some of the key pieces of research and analysis that relate to this issue. The author concludes that the ‘research literature demonstrates a strong moral discourse at the heart of much social policy - making people responsible for their own behaviour, through a process of disciplinary regulation, which is resisted and contested. The fundamental question is about the effectiveness of these strategies and whether these strategies actually change people’s behaviour. To date, the research evidence on this point is both limited and equivocal’.
Victims and villains
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.1.98, 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Social Exclusion Unit has been set up to lift people out of social deprivation. But with continuing poverty and now cuts to benefits, doubts persist about whether the unit can achieve its aim. Discusses why this is the case.
Homelessness and mental health
- Editor:
- BHUGRA Dinesh
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 343p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Brings together the experience of mental health care teams around the world in addressing the problems of mental illness among homeless people. Discusses difficulties in assessment and service delivery. Addresses social policy implications as well as clinical management, and models and definitions of homelessness in different cultures.
Homelessness, health care and welfare provision
- Editors:
- FISHER Kevin, COLLINS John
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 228p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at health care professionals involved in the care of homeless people, as well as at other professionals. Examines the difficulties homeless people have in gaining access to health care in Britain and the United States. Includes chapters on: mental health; alcohol abuse; young homeless people; models of health care provision; and raising the profile of health care for homeless people.
Homeless children: problems and needs
- Editors:
- VOSTANIS Panos, CUMELLA Stuart
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 202p.,bibliog
- Place of publication:
- London
Defines the specific problems and needs of homeless children, and draws up practical guidelines for staff and agencies on recognising and dealing with those problems. Goes on to look at policy and service development for homeless families in education, health and social care; and concludes that conventional methods of provision have to be adapted to meet the specific needs of this vulnerable group. Includes chapters on: child mental health problems; parenting issues; homeless young people; effects of changes in housing legislation; the impact of health and social services; education and the homeless child; family homelessness in the USA; and access to voluntary sector agencies.
Housing and social exclusion
- Editor:
- SPIERS Fiona E.
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 200p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines social housing provision in the context of current and historical practice. Argues that homeless people, particularly those with mental health problems, run an increasing risk of being socially excluded. Discusses potential strategies for combating exclusion, and highlights the changes in ownership patterns in the social housing sector. Other issues addressed include: state intervention; what the private sector can contribute; how legislation can affect the homeless; homeless people from black and minority ethnic groups; and housing the growing number of homeless people with disabilities.