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>But it's important to recognise that most homeless or vulnerably housed people do not have a mental illness This can't be right. A previous HN discussed how "
by akshatpradhan 11y ago
>But it's important to recognise that most homeless or vulnerably housed people do not have a mental illness
This can't be right. A previous HN discussed how "almost half of homeless men had traumatic brain injury in their lifetime"
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7648933 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7648933
- laserDinosaur 11y agoHis next sentence was "and that sometimes it's the homelessness that has caused the mental health problem." so I'm assuming he meant previously existing mental health issues.
- DanBC 11y agoBrain injury is not mental illness. It's brain injury. (It might lead to intellectual disability but there's nothing in your linked document that talks about the severity of the TBI.)