Overview

This volume highlights the socioeconomic concerns related to medical care for homeless patients and places them at the interface of common psychiatric and medical problems clinicians encounter. Written by experts in psychiatry and other medical specialties, this volume is a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the homeless crisis, its costs, and ultimately, best practices for improved outcomes.  The text begins by examining the scope and epidemiology of the problem and discusses its costs.  It then examines the best practices for both physical and psychiatric care before concluding with a section on working with special populations that have unique concerns across the country including LGBTQ, women, children, veterans, and aging adults. As the first medical book on homelessness, it is designed to cover a broad range of concerns in a concise, practical fashion for all clinicians working with homeless patients.   Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient is written by and for psychiatrists, general internists, geriatricians, pediatricians, addiction medicine physicians, VA physicians, and all others who may encounter this crisis in their work.  

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Author:   Elspeth Cameron Ritchie ,  Maria D. Llorente
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.563kg
ISBN:  

9783030701376

ISBN 10:   3030701379
Pages:   353
Publication Date:   28 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I: The Scope of the Problem 1.       Epidemiology 2.       Determinants of And Contributors To Homelessness 3.       Legal/ethical issues   Part II: Societal Costs Of Homelessness : 4.       Excess Police/Justice Involvement 5.       Excess Ed Resource Use; Unnecessary Hospital Stays; Costs Of Shelters, Etc) 6.       Human And Sex Trafficking And Homelessness   Part III: Best Practices 7.       The Housing First Model 8.       Pathways to Housing 9.       The VA 10.   Other 11.   Efforts To Reduce Justice Reinvolvement: Jail Diversion, Justice Outreach, Justice Re-Entry) 12.   Employment, Job Training, Education   Part IV: Psychiatric Issues and Treatment 13.   Deinstitutionalization, Homelessness Among Seriously Mentally Ill, Prevalence Of Psychiatric Illness Among Homeless 14.   Substance Use Disorders 15.   Trauma 16.   Nonadherence to treatment 17.   Suicide Prevention 18.   Cognitive impairment/TBI 19.   Management of the chronic mentally ill and chronically suicidal patient who is in and out of the ER and inpatient all the time   Part V: Medical Issues 20.   Diabetes, hypertension, HIV and other STDs, cellulitis, abscesses, arthritis 21.   Infestations: bed bugs, lice, ant and mosquito bites and associated cellulitis 22.   Managing these issues 23.   A focus on toenails   Part VI: Special Populations 24.   Veterans 25.   Women 26.   Children 27.   LGBTQ Older Homeless (50-65, 65 to 85 Years)

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Elspeth Cameron Ritchie Chair Department of Psychiatry Medstar Washington Hospital Center Vice Chair Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Maria D. Llorente MD Georgetown University School of Medicine Deputy to the Assistant Undersecretary for Health, Patient Care Services Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington DC 20024

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