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Sat Dec-06-08 04:22 PM
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| 4. Thank you for bringing this up |
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Rates of substance abuse are a little higher, both because substance abuse is what lands a lot of people onto the street and because being on the street will drive you to it after a while, just to make the pain stop.
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| -****THE REAL FACTS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND "MENTAL ILLNESS" |
bobbolink |
Dec-06-08 03:09 PM |
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K and R |
maryf |
Dec-06-08 03:18 PM |
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Tell it Bobbo! K&R!! n/t |
Donnachaidh |
Dec-06-08 03:22 PM |
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Yeah, it's a chicken and egg thing, too. |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf |
Dec-06-08 03:41 PM |
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You have a point, there. I would wager that not many who like to portray homeless people as being |
bobbolink |
Dec-06-08 05:15 PM |
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Thank you for bringing this up |
Warpy |
Dec-06-08 04:22 PM |
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The other 6% work for the Bush Administration. |
formercia |
Dec-06-08 04:31 PM |
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kick |
Perragrande |
Dec-06-08 05:45 PM |
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If anything people who are homeless |
mntleo2 |
Dec-06-08 05:49 PM |
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Sane, and in deep PAIN! "Because they have had to face the dirty truth about humanity " |
bobbolink |
Dec-06-08 05:54 PM |
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absolutely |
Two Americas |
Dec-12-08 05:27 PM |
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True (and K&R for this thread) |
varelse |
Dec-06-08 06:57 PM |
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certain rate was incredibly higher in the '80's |
medeak |
Dec-06-08 07:08 PM |
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Can you find the stats on that? What I've found doesn't support your conclusion. |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 01:29 PM |
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ok...when was it |
medeak |
Dec-07-08 06:50 PM |
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"Most patients were released from mental hospitals in the 1950s and 1960s" |
bobbolink |
Dec-08-08 01:16 PM |
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No reply to the dates? |
bobbolink |
Dec-09-08 01:10 PM |
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thank you! |
undeterred |
Dec-06-08 07:17 PM |
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k+r, n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 07:32 PM |
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I was doing intake at a homeless shelter one evening |
wellstone dem |
Dec-06-08 07:41 PM |
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"But they didn't look like homeless people, they just looked like us." |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 01:32 PM |
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What a great mom! |
maryf |
Dec-07-08 03:30 PM |
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Yep the people at the homeles shelter are just like us except for maybe |
truedelphi |
Dec-15-08 04:43 PM |
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Glad to K&R this to put the meme to rest |
Beaverhausen |
Dec-06-08 07:59 PM |
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There's another (often unmentioned) aspect of mental illness among the homeless: |
struggle4progress |
Dec-06-08 11:34 PM |
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Which leads to another aspect... those who are complacently allowing people to be homeless in the |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 01:35 PM |
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So well said, bobbo! K&R |
tosh |
Dec-07-08 01:53 PM |
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yes |
Two Americas |
Dec-13-08 07:01 PM |
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Quick K&R |
oktoberain |
Dec-07-08 05:06 AM |
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. |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 01:36 PM |
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how about a link? nt |
tomp |
Dec-07-08 08:38 AM |
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Here you go tomp |
maryf |
Dec-07-08 03:09 PM |
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Thanks, Mary! Excellent source, and it's time for "progressives" to understand the REAL facts. |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 04:27 PM |
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K&R for the morning crew |
Journalgrrl |
Dec-07-08 10:56 AM |
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"remember that poverty in itself, is a huge stressor and factor in depression and other illnesses " |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 02:05 PM |
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Catch 22 |
maryf |
Dec-07-08 03:17 PM |
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Reminds me of my fave quotation.... Jean Vanier |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 04:13 PM |
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Thanks Bobbie... |
maryf |
Dec-07-08 04:29 PM |
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I'm thinking we need some good song writers! The guitarist today is enthusing me about that! |
bobbolink |
Dec-07-08 04:38 PM |
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NO SUCH THING AS THE HEALTHY HOMELESS PERSON |
Morpheal |
Dec-11-08 11:31 PM |
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Where do you get this "information"? |
maryf |
Dec-12-08 04:23 PM |
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cause and effect confusion |
Two Americas |
Dec-12-08 04:33 PM |
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What you have written has a lot of merit, and it's IMPORTANT to remember |
bobbolink |
Dec-13-08 03:01 PM |
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Wow! |
maryf |
Dec-13-08 06:16 PM |
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It's too bad a single post can't be recommended |
Naturyl |
Dec-20-08 10:20 PM |
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Great post, TA! |
smokey nj |
Jan-03-09 05:19 PM |
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Before you get too set on the concept |
Citizen Number 9 |
Dec-18-08 10:48 PM |
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good thing? |
journeytalker |
Dec-19-08 08:19 PM |
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Why is it important anyway? Should mental illness be a source of shame? |
tofutti cutie |
Dec-20-08 02:40 PM |
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I understand your point, but mental illness among homeless population is disporportionate |
Political Heretic |
Dec-21-08 03:12 AM |
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PSTD is a psychiatric injury. |
undergroundpanther |
Dec-26-08 05:31 PM |
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US conference of Mayors? O, the authority of such a body |
mentalslavery |
Feb-03-09 01:30 AM |
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There are many VETERANS who are homeless |
undergroundpanther |
Dec-26-08 05:16 PM |
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Excellent as always, Panther! |
bobbolink |
Dec-27-08 05:30 PM |
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Thanks bobbolink! |
undergroundpanther |
Dec-27-08 11:44 PM |
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Thanks! well, except for one thing... *I* was the "OP" |
bobbolink |
Dec-29-08 03:07 PM |
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There are varied statistics on the percentages |
Kajsa |
Jan-02-09 06:09 PM |
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KICK! |
smokey nj |
Jan-03-09 05:02 PM |
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Kick nt |
maryf |
Jan-05-09 06:31 PM |
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The Most Disturbing Fact About Homelessness |
charleslb |
Nov-14-10 09:31 PM |
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