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In eleven pages this paper argues that mental illness and homelessness does not equal a hopelessness equation and examines the scope of the problem, causes, who is affected, and the efforts by the psychological establishment; federal, state, and local government policies and programs; and considers what can be done to ensure that mentally ill individuals have access to decent housing designed to meet their needs. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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become a way of life due to some debilitating form of mental illness. Home for these unfortunate individuals or families may be condemned buildings, abandoned cars, or shelters if
they are available within their communities (Bray, 2009). Substance abuse problems and severe mental illness comprise the majority of "long-term homelessness," or what has also been described as chronic
homeless situations (Lincoln, Plachta-Elliott, & Espejo, 2009, p. 236). According to the federal government, chronic homeless people are those with some type of disability such as mental illness, who
have been homeless either continuously for an entire year, or at least four times within the past three years (Lincoln, Plachta-Elliott, & Espejo, 2009). More than 50 percent of
the chronic homeless are suffering from both substance abuse and a serious type of mental illness (Lincoln, Plachta-Elliott, & Espejo, 2009). According to an important study of homeless people
in New York City with mental illness, each of these people represented more than $40,000 yearly in public monies that funded hospitals (including Veterans Administration hospitals), shelters, emergency rooms, and
prisons (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2007). An equation of mental illness plus homelessness does not have to equal hopelessness. A cooperative effort between the psychological establishment and
federal, state, and local governments - through policy initiatives and social service programs - could ensure that all Americans, including those with mental illness, enjoy the fundamental human right to
have quality housing. Psychological Establishment and Government Policy Dr. James A. Bray (2009), President of the American Psychological Association, asks, "What can and should psychologists do in
response to pressing and unmet mental health needs of this heterogeneous population?" (p. 5) The psychological establishment has been long clamoring for the federal government to make a greater
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