Chapter 12. Collaborative Approaches to Community-Based Mental Health Care for Homeless People: Toronto's Inner City Health Associates
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27 septembre 2017
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santé sans domicile fixe Canada réfugiés Canada homelessness health refugee Sociology SOC045000 JFFASujets proches
Street people (Homeless persons) Homeless people Homeless adults Wellness Personal health Biography--HealthCiter ce document
Vicky Stergiopoulos, « Chapter 12. Collaborative Approaches to Community-Based Mental Health Care for Homeless People: Toronto's Inner City Health Associates », Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, ID : 10670/1.1qxq8y
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Introduction Several recent reports have reviewed the health consequences and costs of homelessness in Canada (cihi 2007; Patterson et al. 2008). Homeless persons in Western countries have high rates of mental health challenges and addiction and approximately one-third have a severe mental illness (cihi 2007). A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of mental disorders among homeless persons in Western countries reported pooled preva0lence rates of 12.7 percent for psychotic disorders, 1...