>>It is not straightforward at all. Most homeless people suffer from a mental illness. >Unsurprisingly unemployment and homelessness and being told that it's a

>>It is not straightforward at all. Most homeless people suffer from a mental illness. >Unsurprisingly unemployment and homelessness and being told that it's all your fault causes mental illness, especially when combined with attempts to self medicate with drugs or alcohol. Achievement unlocked: Trivialized mental illness. Being homeless is certainly stressful on the psyche, but not every crazy homeless person started as a sane homeless person. Some people just cannot function as independent adults. One person I know managed to score Section 8 housing, and she trashed the apartment and threatened the landlord and ended up on the street. Until her condition deteriorated enough for the police to call a 5150 on her. But she doesn't consider herself crazy. Just stressed out. Modern liberation theory means the institutions consider her to be an adult, so if she says she doesn't want to stay in an asylum, then there's no way for us non-super-rich people to stop her from leaving psychiatric care and ruining her life. There is no firm boundary between crazy and sane, and even being delusional doesn't prevent one from being a productive member of society. We just don't have enough appropriate services for all the crazy people in this country. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NGY6DqB1HX8 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NGY6DqB1HX8