HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Community Mental Health Act, Major Depressive Disorder, Comorbidity
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Mental health concerns in the united states today. The experience of people with serious mental illness has improved in the 50 years since passage of the community mental health centers act: nearly all of them: live in the community. Serious mental illness in people who are homeless. More than 637,000 people are homeless during any given week in america. 2. 1 million adults experience homelessness over the course of a year. It is estimated that: 80% of homeless individuals are temporarily homeless, 10% are periodically homeless, 10% are chronically homeless. Homeless people are more exposed to environmental stresses and threats than people with home. About half of all adults who are homeless have: substance abuse disorders, major depression, other co-occurring mental illness. Homeless people with mental illness generally have the same needs as other homeless people: their most pressing need is safe, affordable housing.
