Addressing the needs of urban homeless people with mental health problems is complex. One reason why such people become homeless is because they do not have access to health care in their native places. This implies the need for strong community response systems in rural and urban India that can ensure care to people who live with their families. Community support systems also mandate care providers work with families to reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems and the burdens they face in caring for their mentally distressed relative. The inability of mentally ill people to find care, stigma and strained family relations is also, in many cases, compounded by the conditions of poverty that their families endure.
IHRN curates research on the relationship between homelessness, mental health and poverty to better understand what family, local community and government support systems are needed to prevent homelessness.
Authors: Vandana Gopikumar and Lakshmi Narasimhan
Authors: Vandana Gopikumar, Kamala Easwaran, Mrinalini Ravi, Nirmal Jude and Joske Bunders
Author: Vandana Gopikumar
Title: Understanding the Mental Ill Health - Poverty - Homelessness Nexus in India: Strategies that promote distress alleviation and social inclusion
Publication: Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam (Doctoral Thesis)
Publication
Authors: Gregory Armstrong, Amenla Nuken, Luke Samson, Shalini Singh, Anthony F Jorm and Michelle Kermode
Authors: Gregory Armstrong, Anthony F. Jorm, Luke Samson, Lynette Joubert and Michelle Kermode
Title: Psychological and Social Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Men who Inject Drugs in Delhi
Publication: Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology
Publication Date: 2014
Citation: Armstrong, G.,
Author: Vandana Prasad
Title: Barriers of Accessing Health Care among Adult Street Dwellers in Delhi
Publication: School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of Western Cape (Masters Thesis)
Date of Publication: November 2011
Author's Abstract
Urban health policy has
Author(s): Meena Mathur, Prachi Rathore and Monika Mathur
Title: Incidence and Intensity of Abuse in Street Children in India
Publication: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal
Publication Date: December 2009
Citation: Mathur, Meena; Rathore, Prachi; Mathur, Monika. ‘Incidence and Intensity