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[Homelessness Among People with Mental Illness - Using the Example of a Growing German City]
Maria Koschig1, Martha Böhm-Beck1, Ines Conrad1
1Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Leipzig.
Objective:
The present study investigated the development of homelessness among people with mental illness using the example of a growing German city.
Methods:
Eight psychosocial community centres estimated how many of their clients had become homeless in the previous year of care from 2008 to 2019. A random effects negative binominal (RENB) regression model was developed to investigate the change of homelessness over time.
Results:
The number of homeless, mentally ill clients of the psychosocial community centres increased significantly from 2008 to 2019 (IRR=1.26; 95-CI=1.16-1.36; p<.001). Every year, homelessness had an average increase of 26%.
Conclusion:
The problem of homelessness among mentally ill people has worsened in the investigated region during the past few years. Existing support services must be assessed and community-based support services expanded.
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