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Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness - Logic Models and Implementation of Eight American Projects (Paperback)
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Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness - Logic Models and Implementation of Eight American Projects (Paperback)
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Through Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and
Mental Illness: Logic Models and Implementation of Eight American
Projects, psychiatrist, psychologists, and social workers will
discover the results of eight, three-year long development projects
funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) designed to prevent homelessness in high-
risk populations who have problems with alcoholism, drug abuse,
and/or mental illness. Through this informative book, you will
examine the theory or logic guiding each program, including an
up-to-date review of the literature supporting each theory. You
will also find a description of the implementation of the program
as well as its history, the practical issues involved in delivering
services, the pitfalls, lessons learned, and recommendations for
the future so you can use the best ideas to implement in your own
community and stop these individuals from reaching the streets.
Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental
Illness provides insight into how to deal with many common issues
that you are faced with every day, such as matching clients to
appropriate services, preventing relapse, case management, training
in independent living skills and money management, acquiring and
maintaining housing, and benefits and employment for your
disadvantaged clients. Compelling and informative, this unique book
provides you with many tips and suggestions on how you can help the
disadvantaged in our population avoid the added trauma of becoming
homeless, such as: examining a new modified therapeutic community
(TC) intervention program for mothers recovering from substance
abuse who live with their children so you can learn to treat the
family as a whole and not just treat the person with a "problem"
gaining insight into a new intervention program for families caring
for another family member with serious mental illness or substance
abuse disorders so you can address such issues as the importance of
respite for the family and home visits for relationship building
among the entire household discovering a new, independent living
model which allows clients with serious mental illnesses to select
their own apartments learning about a new program in Philadelphia
that offers support services to clients with serious mental
illnesses and substance use disorders and provides several levels
of housing from emergency shelter to highly supportive permanent
housing discovering a community counseling center in Chicago that
operates a "bank" that helps mentally ill clients or those with
substance use disorders develop skills to independently manage
their financial affairs through the use of "vouchers" that can be
redeemed for cash for the payment of monthly bills Homelessness
Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
provides you with new insights into how you can help your clients
overcome political, economic, and environmental barriers to
treatment that can lead to homelessness. This essential book will
help you improve your services to your clients as well as give you
step-by-step guide to implement these new programs in your
community.
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