Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Preventing and Ending Homelessness for Adults with Mental Health Disabilities in Ireland: Realities and Aspirations (pp. 1-16)
Joe Finnerty (School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland)
Chapter 2 – People that Are Homeless with Mental Illnesses in Asia: Issues and Interventions (pp. 17-38)
I-Ming Chen and Yi-Ling Chien (Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)
Chapter 3 – Homelessness and Mental Illness in South Africa (pp. 39-48)
Eleanor Ross, Ph.D. (Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Chapter 4 – Extreme Social Exclusion: The Case of Homeless People in Spain (pp. 49-60)
Mª Rosario Sánchez Morale (Sociology Department III, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Social Trends Research Group, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 5 – Interpersonal Relationships among Young Homeless People (pp. 61-82)
Marie Vágnerová, Ladislav Csémy and Jakub Marek (Prague Psychiatric Center)
Chapter 6 – The Use of Health Information Technology for Mental Health and Chronic Disease Treatment among the Homeless (pp. 83-106)
Jason C. Goldwater, Yael M. Harris, Ph.D., Juliette Jardim, Tasnuva Khan and Leah Hoffheimer (Clinovations, LLC and others)
Chapter 7 – Identification of Areas with High Risk of Homelessness: Implications for Homelessness Prevention Programs (pp. 107-124)
Deden Rukmana (Savannah State University, Savannah, GA, US)
Chapter 8 – Mentally Ill, Addicted and Homeless: The Need for Integrated Models of Care for People with Multiple Issues (pp. 125-134)
Richard C. Christensen, M.D. (Division of Public Psychiatry, University of Florida, College of Medicine-Gainesville, Jacksonville, Florida, US)
Chapter 9 – A Transactional Model of Homelessness and Alcoholism (pp. 135-148)
Colleen Clark, PhD, Blake Barrett and M. Scott Young, Ph.D. (Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, FL, US)
Chapter 10 – Application of Implementation Science for New Homeless Intervention Models (pp. 149-156)
Roger Casey, Ph.D., Paul Smits and Colleen Clark, Ph.D. (National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Philadelphia, PA, US and others)
Chapter 11 – Preble Street’s Florence House: How Research and Advocacy Made it Possible (pp. 157-174)
Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin and Jon Bradley
Chapter 12 – Understanding Racial Gaps in Family Shelter Entry in Hennepin County, MN (pp. 175-190)
Maria J. Hanratty (Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, MN, US)
Chapter 13 – Clinical Considerations in Working with Individuals Who Are Homeless, Have Intellectual Delay and Mental Illness (pp. 191-202)
Donna C. Lougheed (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 14 – Living Beyond the Margins: Homeless Individuals‘ Perceptions of Contact Quality (pp. 203-222)
Brian T. Jones and Holly Shanley (Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, MA, US)
Chapter 15 – Measuring Attitudes towards People with Mental Illness and People Who Are Homeless: Is a Joint Instrument Needed? (pp. 223-250)
Adriana Foster, M.D., Sarah Hilton, M.D., Faneece Embry, M.D., Charity Pires, M.D., and Anthony O. Ahmed, Ph.D. (Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, US)
Chapter 16 – Will Homeless Populations Benefit from Global Warming? (pp. 251-258)
David A. Pepper (School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, American Public University System, Charles Town, WV, US)
Chapter 17 – Earthquakes and Homelessness: A Review of Historical Data (pp. 259-276)
Jaime Santos-Reyes, Galdino Santos-Reyes and Tatiana Gouzeva (SARACS Research Group, SEPI-ESIME, National Polytechnic Institute, México)
Index