Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Characteristics of Homeless Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses Served by Three Street-Level Federally Funded Homelessness Programs

  • Brief Report
  • Published:
Community Mental Health Journal Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Notes

  1. The 15-member panel consisted of researchers, consultants, providers, clinical supervisors, consumers, and outreach workers around the U.S.

  2. 27 divided by 40.

References

  • Applewhite, S. L. (1997). Homeless veterans: Perspectives on social services use. Social Work, 42(1), 19–30.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Blankertz, L. E., Cnaan, R. A., White, K., Fox, J., & Messinger, K. (1990). Outreach efforts with dually diagnosed homeless persons. Families in Society, 71(7), 387–395.

    Google Scholar 

  • Drury, L. J. (2003). Community care for people who are homeless and mentally ill. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 14(2), 194–207.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dykeman, B. F. (2011). Intervention strategies with the homeless population. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 38(1), 32–39.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fisk, D., Rowe, M., Laub, D., Calvocoressi, L., & DeMino, K. (2000). Homeless persons with mental illness and their families: Emerging issues from clinical work. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 81(4), 351–359.

    Google Scholar 

  • Folsom, D. P., Hawthorne, W., Lindamer, L., Gilmer, T., Bailey, A., Golshan, S., et al. (2005). Prevalence and risk factors for homelessness and utilization of mental health services among 10, 340 patients with serious mental illness in a large public mental health system. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 370–376.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fosburg, L., & Dennis, D. (1999). Practical lessons: The 1998 national symposium on homelessness research, Arlington, Virginia, October 29–30, 1998. Retrieved February 23, 2012 from http://aspe.hhs.gov/progsys/homeless/symposium/toc.htm.

  • Francis, L. E., Colson, P. W., & Mizzi, P. (2002). Beneficence vs. obligation: Challenges of the Americans with disabilities act for consumer employment in mental health services. Community Mental Health Journal, 38(2), 95–110.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Frese, F. J., & Davis, W. W. (1997). The consumer-survivor movement, recovery, and consumer professionals. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 28(3), 243–245.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hwang, S. W., Tolomiczenko, G., Kouyoumdjian, F. G., & Garner, R. E. (2005). Interventions to improve the health of the homeless: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(4), 311.e1–311.e8, available at homeless.samhsa.gov/ResourceFiles/Systematic_Review(AJPM).pdf, retrieved 10/1/2010.

  • Moos, R. H., Nichol, A. C., & Moos, B. S. (2002). Global assessment of functioning ratings and the allocation and outcomes of mental health services. Psychiatric Services, 53, 730–737.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Morse, G., Calsyn, R., Miller, J., Rosenberg, P., West, L., & Guilliland, J. (1996). Outreach to homeless mentally ill people: Conceptual and clinical considerations. Community Mental Health Journal, 32(3), 261–274.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mowbray, C. T., Robinson, E. A. R., & Holter, M. C. (2002). Consumer drop-in centers: Operations, services, and customer involvement. Health and Social Work, 27(4), 248–261.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Nuttbrok, L. A., Rahav, M., Rivera, J. J., Ng-Mak, D. S., & Link, B. G. (1998). Outcomes of homeless mentally ill chemical abusers in community residences and a therapeutic community. Psychiatric Services, 49, 68–76.

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Hara, A. (1998). Continuum of care. In from the Cold: A Tool Kit for Creating Safe Havens for Homeless People on the Street. Chapter 1, 7–13. Available at http://www.hudhre.info/documents/SafeHavens.pdf.

  • O’Connell, J. J., Roncarati, J. S., Reilly, E. C., Kane, C. A., Morrison, S. K., Swain, S. E., et al. (2004). Old and sleeping rough: Elderly homeless persons of the streets of Boston. Care Management Journals, 5(2), 101–106.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Olfson, M., Mechanic, D., Hansell, S., Boyer, C. A., & Walkup, J. (1999). Prediction of homelessness within three months of discharge among inpatients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 50, 667–673.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Padgett, D. K., Gulcur, L., & Tsemberis, S. (2006). Housing first services for people who are homeless with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance abuse. Research on Social Work Practice, 16(1), 74–83.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Padgett, D. K., Henwood, B., Abrams, C., & Davis, A. (2008). Engagement and retention in services among formerly homeless adults with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse: Voices from the margin. Psychiatric Rehabilitations Journal, 31(3), 226–233.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Page, J. L. (2004). Programs that serve homeless people with serious mental illness: A nationwide exploration of non-traditional treatment approaches, success, and barriers to transferring care to community mental health systems (doctoral dissertation). Stony Brook, NY: Stony Brook University.

  • Page, J. (2007). Barriers to transferring care of homeless people with serious mental illnesses to community mental health organizations: Perspectives of street-based programs. Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal, 3(1), 26–40.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rowe, M. (1999). Crossing the border: Encounters between homeless people and outreach workers. Berekley: University of California Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rowe, M., Hoge, M. A., & Fisk, D. (1998). Services for mentally ill homeless persons: street level integration. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 68(3), 490–496.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Stergiopoulos, V., Dewa, C. S., Tanner, G., Chau, N., Pett, M., & Connelly, J. (2010). Addressing the needs of the street homeless: A collaborative approach. International Journal of Mental Health, 39(1), 3–15.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Susser, E., Goldfinger, S., & White, A. (1990). Some clinical approaches to the homeless mentally ill. Community Mental Health Journal, 26(5), 463–490.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2009). The 2008 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: Author.

  • Wu, T., & Serper, M. R. (1999). Social support and psychopathology in homeless patients presenting for emergency psychiatric treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55(9), 1127–1133.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Social Work, Texas A & M University at Commerce, PO Box 3011, Commerce, TX, 75429, USA

    Jaimie Page

  2. Department of Social Work, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA

    James Petrovich

  3. Department of Social Work, Binghamton University State University of New York, Vestal, NY, USA

    Suk-Young Kang

Authors
  1. Jaimie Page
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. James Petrovich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Suk-Young Kang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jaimie Page.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Page, J., Petrovich, J. & Kang, SY. Characteristics of Homeless Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses Served by Three Street-Level Federally Funded Homelessness Programs. Community Ment Health J 48, 699–704 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9473-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9473-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation