Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Mentally ill and homeless
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:29:46 -0700
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On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote:

> Thanks Steve.
>
> A remark :are they playing 'Drinking high-priced Scotch whisky,  
> champagne or wine at home vs beer or gin on the streets?' :-[
> We're all loonies then, or nearly.
>
> Also, 'more likely than' doesn't mean more people than , or am I  
> wrong?
> I quote :
>
>
>     Conclusions
>
> Homeless people in Western countries are substantially more likely  
> to have alcohol and drug dependence than the age-matched general  
> population in those countries,
> and the prevalences of psychotic illnesses and personality disorders  
> are higher.
> Models of psychiatric and social care that can best meet these  
> mental health needs requires further investigation.'
>
>
> So it is back to to square one; education. Education?  
> education ...whose?


I just discussed this with a TV journalist... on the streets used to  
be mostly mentally ill...now being added are recent homeless families,

Steve


>
> Amiti?s
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>>
>> 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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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Mentally ill and homeless)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Mentally ill and homeless)
Message from pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson) ([Leica] Mentally ill and homeless)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Mentally ill and homeless)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Mentally ill and homeless)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Mentally ill and homeless)