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Mental Health

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.

Topics posted in Mental Health:

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How a billion can help a fraction - July 22, 2016

Author: Vandana Gopikumar

Articles

Inclusive Ecosystems for Mental Health

Authors: Keshav Desiraju and Vandana Gopikumar

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Housing for homeless women with mental illness

Authors: Vandana Gopikumar and Lakshmi Narasimhan

Research & Reports

Mimicking family like attributes to enable a state of personal recovery for persons with mental illness in

Authors: Vandana Gopikumar, Kamala Easwaran, Mrinalini Ravi, Nirmal Jude and Joske Bunders

Research & Reports

Understanding the Mental Ill Health Poverty Homelessness Nexus in India

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)

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A Better Life, a Healthier Mind

Author: Vandana Gopikumar

Research & Reports

Quality of Life, Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal Ideation among Men who Inject Drugs in Delhi, India

Authors: Gregory Armstrong, Amenla Nuken, Luke Samson, Shalini Singh, Anthony F Jorm and Michelle Kermode

Research & Reports

Psychological and Social Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Men who Inject Drugs in Delhi

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.,

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Research & Reports

Barriers to Accessing Health Care among Adult Street Dwellers in Delhi

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

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Research & Reports

Incidence, Type and Intensity of Abuse in Street Children in India

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

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