Preventing psychiatric discharge to homelessness

Cheryl Forchuk; Mike Godin; Jeffrey S Hoch; Shani Kingston-MacClure; Momodou S. Jeng; Liz Puddy; Rebecca Vann; Elsabeth Jensen

doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2013-028

Preventing psychiatric discharge to homelessness

Cheryl Forchuk, Mike Godin, Jeffrey S Hoch, Shani Kingston-MacClure, Momodou S. Jeng, Liz Puddy, Rebecca Vann, Elsabeth Jensen

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Abstract

The present study assessed the effects of an intervention that was designed to provide on-site, predischarge housing assistance for psychiatric clients. Participants included clients from acute (n = 219) and tertiary (n = 32) care hospital sites. Data were collected from hospital and shelter databases. Results revealed that in the majority of cases, the intervention reduced the number of individuals discharged to homelessness or no fixed address. In addition, the costs of implementing and maintaining the intervention were less than the increased medical costs associated with homelessness and housing individuals in shelters.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	17-28
Number of pages	12
Journal	Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-028
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Collaborative approaches
Homelessness
Housing intervention
Prevention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Forchuk, C., Godin, M., Hoch, J. S., Kingston-MacClure, S., Jeng, M. S., Puddy, L., Vann, R., & Jensen, E. (2013). Preventing psychiatric discharge to homelessness. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 32(3), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-028

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