Financial strain predicts future risk of homelessness and partly explains the effect of mental illness – Medical Xpress

Financial strains like debt or unemployment are significant risk factors for becoming homeless, and even help to explain increased risk of homelessness associated with severe mental illness, reports a study in a supplement to the April issue of Medical Care.
The findings “suggest that adding financial well-being as a focus of homelessness prevention efforts seems promising, both at the individual and community level,” according to the new research, led by Eric Elbogen, Ph.D., of the US Department…

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