Introduction
People that are homeless and have a mental illness are major socio-economic problems in the United States. According to the newspaper USA Today, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that more than 124,000 or one fifth of the 610,000 homeless people across the USA suffer from a severe mental illness. Some of the major psychiatric conditions include schizophrenia, delusional disorder, bipolar disorder and severe depression. Theise psychiatric conditions can be treated with appropriate medication and counseling but can be dangerous if left untreated. In the absence of such psychiatric care, the annual federal governmental cost increases as hospitalization for this population is very expensive. Hospitalization can last from days to months depending on the severity of the psychiatric condition. For this reason, federal fund are given to community health centers to prevent people with mental illness to decompensate.
At the present time, it is very common to have a behavioral health department within a medical facility to treat patients that carry a psychiatric condition. According to the Coalition for the Homelessness, “In recent years, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great …show more content…
With that being said, the conservatives have two approaches when it comes to homelessness. The first approach is they deny that homelessness even exist or “they assert homelessness” (Tucker, 1980). According to the conservatives, they believe that homelessness is not worse than it has ever been. They feel that the problem is exaggerating so they can increase government spending. In fact, conservatives believe that homeless people are insane, drug addicts, and alcoholics because they failed in life and it made them have a hard time finding housing (Tucker,1980, para.
People that are homeless and have a mental illness are major socio-economic problems in the United States. According to the newspaper USA Today, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that more than 124,000 or one fifth of the 610,000 homeless people across the USA suffer from a severe mental illness. Some of the major psychiatric conditions include schizophrenia, delusional disorder, bipolar disorder and severe depression. Theise psychiatric conditions can be treated with appropriate medication and counseling but can be dangerous if left untreated. In the absence of such psychiatric care, the annual federal governmental cost increases as hospitalization for this population is very expensive. Hospitalization can last from days to months depending on the severity of the psychiatric condition. For this reason, federal fund are given to community health centers to prevent people with mental illness to decompensate.
At the present time, it is very common to have a behavioral health department within a medical facility to treat patients that carry a psychiatric condition. According to the Coalition for the Homelessness, “In recent years, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great …show more content…
With that being said, the conservatives have two approaches when it comes to homelessness. The first approach is they deny that homelessness even exist or “they assert homelessness” (Tucker, 1980). According to the conservatives, they believe that homelessness is not worse than it has ever been. They feel that the problem is exaggerating so they can increase government spending. In fact, conservatives believe that homeless people are insane, drug addicts, and alcoholics because they failed in life and it made them have a hard time finding housing (Tucker,1980, para.