An APA Report Discusses the Homeless Mentally Ill
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Psychology, Psychiatry, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Human Rights, Poverty, Poor People, Disabilities, Handicapped People
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D. C.
- Date: October, 1984
Article abstract: The American Psychiatric Association (APA) released a comprehensive report that described possible causes for and solutions to the problem of the growing number of homeless mentally ill.
Summary of Event
In colonial America, the homeless mentally ill were often transported from one village to another, in the hope that someone might care for them in another town. By the nineteenth century. this practice had given way to housing the mentally ill in large hospitals or asylums. Although these places were originally designed to provide...
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