Preventing Homelessness
A Consumer Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13911567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth R Wireman (National Center for Healthy Housing, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 205-212 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Primary Prevention (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-095X • E-ISSN: 1573-6547 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10935-007-0092-x |
| PMID | 17549636 |
| OpenAlex | W2069902469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The biggest problem is the way people look at you. The cold is something you get used to and you can always find food. But you cannot get past the looks, the quiet whispers, and the way it makes you feel. You begin to feel utterly hopeless after just a short time. Being homeless and having a mental illness makes things much worse. With this combination, you reach the bottom of the bottom. The other homeless people start looking at you differently. It is like being a subset of a subset. It makes everything that much harder. It is actually about as hopeless as you can get
Mental health · Mental illness · Paranoia · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |