Ritchie / Llorente Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient

Social, Psychiatric, and Medical Issues
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-70135-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 353 Seiten, eBook

This volume highlights the socioeconomic concerns related to medical care for homeless patients and places them at the interface of common psychiatric and medical problems clinicians encounter. Written by experts in psychiatry and other medical specialties, this volume is a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the homeless crisis, its costs, and ultimately, best practices for improved outcomes.  The text begins by examining the scope and epidemiology of the problem and discusses its costs.  It then examines the best practices for both physical and psychiatric care before concluding with a section on working with special populations that have unique concerns across the country including LGBTQ, women, children, veterans, and aging adults. As the first medical book on homelessness, it is designed to cover a broad range of concerns in a concise, practical fashion for all clinicians working with homeless patients. Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient  is written by and for psychiatrists, general internists, geriatricians, pediatricians, addiction medicine physicians, VA physicians, and all others who may encounter this crisis in their work.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron

Llorente, Maria D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Epidemiology.- Determinants of And Contributors To Homelessness.- Legal/ethical issues.- Excess Police/Justice Involvement.- Excess Ed Resource Use.- Human And Sex Trafficking And Homelessness.- The Housing First Model.- Pathways to Housing.- The VA.- Other.- Efforts To Reduce Justice Reinvolvement: Jail Diversion, Justice Outreach, Justice Re-Entry.- Employment, Job Training, Education.- Deinstitutionalization, Homelessness Among Seriously Mentally Ill, Prevalence Of Psychiatric Illness Among Homeless.- Substance Use Disorders.- Trauma.- Nonadherence to treatment.- Suicide Prevention.- Cognitive impairment/TBI.- Management of the chronic mentally ill and chronically suicidal patient who is in and out of the ER and inpatient all the time.- Diabetes, hypertension, HIV and other STDs, cellulitis, abscesses, arthritis.- Infestations: bed bugs, lice, ant and mosquito bites and associated cellulitis.- Managing these issues.- A focus on toenails.- Veterans.- Women.- Children.- LGBTQ.- OlderHomeless (50-65, 65 to 85 Years).

Über Autor(innen)

Elspeth Cameron Ritchie Chair Department of Psychiatry Medstar Washington Hospital CenterVice Chair Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Maria D. Llorente MD Georgetown University School of MedicineDeputy to the Assistant Undersecretary for Health, Patient Care ServicesDepartment of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington DC 20024