This month's British Journal of Psychiatry has a quietly powerful poem by psychiatrist Sean Spence which highlights the sometimes uncomfortable misconnection between the problems we study and the problems we face.Spence is well-known for his work in cognitive neuropsychiatry although has had a long-standing interest in treating mental health difficulties in the those living on the street.If Homel
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July 29, 2009
Those From Homeless Families More Likely To Suffer Mental Health Problems
A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifth-graders and their families have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and that the occurrence is even higher - 11 percent - for African American children and those from the poorest households.
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