The Epidemic Facing The Homeless And Mentally Ill

M1 ASSIGNMENT WHY PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS AND WHY IT DOESN’T STOP LAVERNA MOORER ARGOSY UNIVERSITY Abstract This paper is going to present to you why people become homeless and why it does not stop Homelessness is a problem that have getting out of hands because of not addressing the situation on time. The focus is not so much the why but, if it will ever stop. Homelessness is a phenomenon that has so much to address research has been done; it was discover that for our government to concentrate

among the homeless include the elderly, children, and those who are mentally ill. This is a cause for concern for citizens who are living their daily lives. Some people express their fear of homeless persons, believing that they are just beggars for money and take up space on the streets. Although the description homeless people is not always true, homelessness does affect society and puts the future generation at risk of becoming homeless as well. People need to bring attention to the homeless problem

Homelessness is a growing epidemic across the country. Over 2 million people are homeless in America, and that number is increasing. 40% are families with kids, 30% are drug and/or alcohol addicts, 23% are mentally ill and 10% are veterans. This terrible misfortune has led to many unsuspecting people leading impoverished lifestyles, and facing the horrific and heart-wrenching tragedy of abandonment. The purpose of this essay is to not only persuade the readers to get involved in ending homelessness

mental illness have been arrested at least once in their lifetime (Solomon & Draine, 1995; Walsh & Bricourt, 2003). Although these statistics seem to further support the common belief among many citizens that mentally ill persons are dangerous criminals, research indicates that the mentally ill are more often arrested for nonviolent minor charges (Cuellar, Snowden, & Ewing, 2007). Not surprisingly, a considerable portion of individuals within the criminal justice population have a diagnosable mental

One of the biggest and most complex issues facing the United States right now is the growing number of homelessness. There are so many people from so many different backgrounds and demographics that it is a truly overwhelming task to keep track. Most of them will go without the base level of needs for a human, including food, clean water, and shelter. In almost every case, with homelessness comes poverty. Dreisbach (2013) says, "homelessness in America is a persistent, complex, and widely-occurring

reduce or remove this epidemic of homelessness should be top priority. Many people are affected by homelessness such as families, children, and veterans. According to National Alliance to End Homelessness (2016), “In January 2015, 564,708 people had no place to sleep one or more nights in the United States. Of that number, 206,286 were people in families, and 358, 422 were individuals” (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2016). Veterans account for 8 percent of the homeless population, which are

responsible for dividing communities through encouraging individuals to report their apparently ill neighbours. Locating public health The tradition of public health and inherent understanding of the term, dates back as early as pre-Christian times, classified in five periods or bodies of thought: The Graeco-Roman period with emphasis on water and sanitation, the Medieval emphasis on epidemics, the Enlightenment emphasis on disease prevalence, the Industrialisation emphasis on working conditions

effects. Considering the magnitude of the negative physical and psychological effects that violence has on its victims, violence has today come to be regarded as a public health issue or social pathology which if left untreated can take the form of an epidemic and cause wide-scale destruction of public health. With the development of the electronic and satellite media, certain forms of violence like war, terrorism, riots, police violence and civil unrest today are visible to the audience whereas there

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