[Leica] Mentally ill and homeless

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote:

> A serious question;  Do you in the US have statistics on the numbers  
> and composition of the homeless population, their past, their socio- 
> economic background, education level, addictions, etc?
> I would really be interested to see them for research work.
> Any pointer?

often said that most of western homeless people have some mental/ 
substance disorders...it's hard to find consistent and reliable data  
on this...

  here is some data,


http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050225



Steve



>
> Thanks in anticipation.
> Phili^^e
>
>
> Philip Leeson wrote:
>
>> The majority of homeless folks are the formerly institutionalized   
>> schizophrenics, as noted earlier.
>>
>
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