Homelessness
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This document discusses homelessness in the United States. It defines homelessness as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Statistics provided show that approximately 1.7 million teens and families comprising 40% of the homeless population in the US. Mental illness, such as schizophrenia, is correlated with homelessness as symptoms can worsen without treatment and stability. The author describes a volunteer experience making food and distributing supplies to homeless individuals, interviewing one man who exhibited signs of schizophrenia. Suggested ways to help the homeless are volunteering at soup kitchens or donating to organizations.
Homelessness
- 1. Homelessness By: Natalia Abad, Ryan Morrison, Briget Cagle
- 2. Definition Different definitions of homelessness are used in different contexts. Generally, homelessness is defined as a person who "lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence."
- 5. Statistics
- 6. Homelessness facts in U.S. Approximately 1.7 million homeless teens in the U.S. 5,000 young people die every year due to assault, illness, or suicide while on the streets. Families in America comprise nearly 40% of all homeless people. More than 15% of Americans live in poverty, including one in five children, the highest rate in the industrialized world.
- 7. Facts continued 42% of all homeless children are under the age of 6 The recession will force 1.5 million more people into homelessness over the next two years, according to estimates by The National Alliance to End Homelessness.
- 8. Mental illness correlation to homelessness Schizophrenia is the most common factor of mental illness and homelessness. When a patient leaves treatment and altogether quits anti-psychotic medications such as Zyprexa, hallucinations and grandiose ideas ensue and homelessness follows. Homeless schizophrenics usually experience a worsening of their symptoms once indefinitely homeless. Poor hygiene, lack of sleep, and the threat of ongoing violence hastens the descent into psychosis.
- 9. Community Service This past Sunday we decided to get hands on We made over 100 hot dogs And brought over 200 bottles of water We went to downtown Dallas to a place called the bridge where we were escorted by the police and handed out the food and water
- 21. Interview We did many interviews while we were downtown that day. The one that stood out the most was an eccentric man who called himself Yaa-Yaa he deemed it was his arabic name, he then went on to talk about his exploits in Vietnam even though he was much too young to have ever served in the Vietnam War, and claimed he was still getting $2,000+ from the government and got full retirement, yet you have to serve for 20 years to get benefits and he served for three, so he said. Afterwards a Police officer confirmed he was a scam artist and most likely a textbook example of someone with Schizophrenia as a homeless person, along with the fact he was extremely paranoid about the camera being on him, also reiterates this assumption.
- 23. How to help? You can volunteer at your nearest soup kitchen, Donate money to The Red Cross, Partake in habitat for humanity
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