Nation In Denial
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Author_Alice S. Baum
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chronic homelessness causes in America
Community Mental Health Center Act
Crack Cocaine
deinstitutionalization effects
demographic risk factors
Dually Diagnosed
economic recession
Employee Assistance Programs
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Health Care For The Homeless
Homeless Alcoholics
Homeless Families
Homeless Mothers
Homeless Population
Homeless Youth
homelessness movement
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Intake Shelters
McKinney Act
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
mental health epidemiology
Mental Illness
Mentally Ill
Municipal Lodging Houses
Oxford Houses
PHS
Skid Row
social isolation
social policy analysis
Steady Male Partner
substance abuse
substance use disorders
Transitional Programs
Undeserving Poor
urban poverty research
York City Commission
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367016159
- Weight: 640g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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When homelessness became increasingly visible in the early 1980s, most Americans were reluctant to admit what was obvious: that the homeless people they encountered were seriously troubled and chronically disabled by alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental illness. The media, policymakers, and the American public, persuaded by advocates for the homeless, came to believe that the homeless were simply victims of the hardships of poverty and the lack of affordable housing, both of which were exacerbated by economic recession and the unresponsiveness of government. Policies were created in the belief that emergency shelters, soup kitchens, job training, and transitional housing would help the homeless regain their independence. A Nation in Denial challenges these accepted notions. It presents a comprehensive and readable review of the scientific evidence that up to 85 percent of all homeless adults suffer the ravages of substance abuse and mental illness, resulting in the social isolation that has been the hallmark of homelessness in the United States since colonial days. The authors provide new insights into the causes of increased homelessness in the early 1980s, linking the population explosion of the baby boom to increases in the numbers of Americans at risk for substance abuse problems, mental illness, and homelessness; assessing die relationship between the inner-city drug epidemic and increases in family homelessness; and reviewing the failed policies of deinstitutionalization, decriminalization of alcoholism, and the gentrification of both skid row neighborhoods and substance-abuse treatment centers—policies that sent thousands out into the streets and shelters. Weaving together solid demographic and epidemiological research with personal accounts of homeless individuals, this unique study not only provides a new understanding of homelessness and prompts a serious reexamination of current policies but also proposes more honest and effective ways for helping Ameri
