Homelessness, Grave Disability, and Mental Health Legislation

Olalekan Olaolu1, Vikram Kumar1, Chinmoy Gulrajani2

  • 1Dr. Olaolu is a psychiatrist, Whiting Forensic Hospital, Middletown, CT and a clinical instructor in psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Kumar is an attending psychiatrist, Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, New Hampton, NY and voluntary faculty, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. Dr. Gulrajani is a professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN.

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