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    Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Nov;147(11):1557-61.

    Psychiatry takes to the streets: the New York City initiative for the homeless mentally ill.

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    New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10013.

    Abstract

    The authors describe New York City's program to remove seriously mentally ill homeless people from the streets to a public hospital. They report on the 298 patients hospitalized during the first year of this program. Most of the patients were male (66%), single (77%), and from outside of New York City (79%) and claimed a history of previous psychiatric hospitalization (92%) and that they had been homeless for more than 1 year (66%). Most of the patients suffered from schizophrenia (80%) and had additional medical diagnoses (73%). Follow-up contact with the patients 2 years after initiation of the program revealed that 55% of the patients either were living in a community setting or were under institutional care.

    PMID:
    2221173
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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