Mentally ill homeless patients in a psychiatric hospital - Results from a 12-months survey in Germany

Author(s): Porksen, N., Zechert, C.

Journal/Book: Psychiat Prax. 1997; 24: P O Box 30 11 20, D-70451 Stuttgart, Germany. Georg Thieme Verlag. 167-171.

Abstract: In a psychiatric hospital with 3174 admissions in a year, 31% of the mentally ill and addicted patients have no private home. These homeless patients are surviving in different ways: 1. Homeless without any kind of housing; living in the streets for a long time with high risks of morbidity and mortality; 2. Living in shelters or hostels; 3. Residents of local homes; 4. Patients still have their private homes but they are urged to leave in the near future or they are living in dangerous circumstances with high risks for health. Case-management by social-workers and local political interventions are necessary to act against these high risk health problems of homeless patients in a psychiatric hospital.

Note: Article Wessel T, Psychiat Klin Gilead, ABT Abhangigkeitserkrankungen, Remter Weg 69-71, D-33617 Bielefeld, GERMANY

Keyword(s): PEOPLE

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