Is Mental Illness the real cause for homelessness?

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There are many causes for homelessness-mental illness is one. Another is unemployment, or not making enough money on your full time job-some people consider food more important than housing,and rightfully so! These are just a few of the reasons for homelessness.

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In some cases yes it definitely is

No,,, perhaps people who became homeless, then became challenged mentally.. I would say circumstances are the biggest factor. A mentally challenged person can have a home and a happy life. And a totally mentally fine person could make wrong choices and be the victim of circumstances and thus be homeless.

No, Homelessness is caused by laziness

mmmmmm.hard to say. I would say it is without doubt a factor, however.within that.we should also consider drugs.crime..poverty..thn you have the small segment of them who maybe lost their job and homes..those are the ones i feel truly sorry for.from my experience.most people are that way (homeless) because they choose to live that way. No responsibilities.dependent on substances and other people.

nope. lazy slugs are the reason NO.SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IS THIS CAUSE FOR HOMELESSLESS..NO DOUBT!

There is no doubt that many, if not most, homeless people have mental illness. Homelessness may be the effect, however mental illness may not always be the cause.
Let us not rule out economics as a cause. A lot of people go bust and lose everything. Divorce is yet another cause. Bankruptcy, yet another. Hell, this list can go on and on, but a screw or two lose is probably the main reason for living in car board boxes.

ever notice that there are no lazy RICH people who are homeless? that's because the rich can afford the pills and the friends and the relatives to make sure they don't end up on the streets. ever notice that the greatest percentage of lazy people is among the children of the very wealthy? (not to say that the Bush twins are lazy, I'm sure they work hard at being that stupid).

therefore, it's clear that the homeless are that way because:
- they have no rich relatives or friends
- their rich relatives and friends aren't generous
- they can't afford the health care for their schizophrenia
- OR -
they enjoy living a filthy, extremely dangerous, miserable life because it's just so much fun to be "lazy"

no but here is what i found out about ilnesses

Mental Illness: Approximately 20-25% of the single adult homeless population suffer from some form of severe and persistent mental illness (Koegel et al, 1996). Despite the disproportionate number of severely mentally ill people among the homeless population, increases in homelessness are not attributable to the release of severely mentally ill people from institutions. Most patients were released from mental hospitals in the 1950s and 1960s, yet vast increases in homelessness did not occur until the 1980s, when incomes and housing options for those living on the margins began to diminish rapidly. According to the Federal Task Force on Homelessness and Severe Mental Illness, only 5-7% of homeless persons with mental illness need to be institutionalized; most can live in the community with the appropriate supportive housing options (Federal Task Force on Homelessness and Severe Mental Illness, 1992). However, many mentally ill homeless people are unable to obtain access to supportive housing and/or other treatment services. The mental health support services most needed include case management, housing, and treatment.

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