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Mental Illness and Health

By: William R. Breakey
In: Encyclopedia of Homelessness
Edited by: David Levinson
Subject:Housing Policy, Poverty & Homelessness, Poverty & Inequality
Keywords:homelessness; illness; mental disorders; severe mental illness; shelters; substance abuse; substance use disorders

The upsurge of homelessness in the United States and other western countries since the late 1970s has stimulated a new level of concern about mental illness in homeless people. In earlier times, the chronic alcoholic stereotype often pervaded discussions of homelessness, ...

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  Breakey, W. (2004). Mental illness and health. In D. Levinson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of homelessness (Vol. 1, pp. 383-387). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952569.n106
  
  Breakey, William R. "Mental Illness and Health." In Encyclopedia of Homelessness, edited by Levinson, David, 383-87. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952569.n106.
  
  Breakey, W. 2004. Mental Illness and Health. In: David Levinson Editor, 2004. Encyclopedia of Homelessness, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 383-387 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952569.n106> [Accessed 15 Aug 2022].
  
  Breakey, William R. "Mental Illness and Health." Encyclopedia of Homelessness. Edited by David Levinson. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004, pp. 383-87. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952569.n106.
  
  Breakey, William R. (2004). Mental illness and health In: Levinson, David (Ed.),Mental illness and health Encyclopedia of homelessness Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2004:383-387. doi:10.4135/9781412952569.n106
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