My earlier comment about homeless and psychistric disorder refers to the
fact that by the time a person -- usually through no fault of their own --
has lost everything in the world and has become homeless -- and even that
requires quite an uncaring and unsympathetic society and policy makers --
they should rightly be upset, unhappy and distraught.  It is very easy for
a mental helath worker to focus on these characteristics and ascribe  or
provide a psychiatric diagnosis.  This could be anxiety disorder,
depression, paranoid personality -- take your pick.  The diagnosis is then
ascribed as the cause of the person's homelessness rather than the result
of the structural forces that create homelessness in the first place.

The cure for homelessness is housing, not more mental health workers,
though by this time, they probably could help integrate people into their
new and available housing -- if there was available housing!

dennis

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