Housing and Mental Illness

Link: Housing and Mental Illness

It is estimated that 1/3 of the homeless population suffers from some form of mental illness.

This number increases to 75% for homeless single women.

Homelessness is not considered a major cause of mental illness but does increase its' duration and severity.

Two thirds of the homeless will have a lifetime experience with mental illness, three times higher than the general population.

75% of homeless people with mental illness will also have a substance abuse problem.
Correctional facilities are increasingly becoming ‘home’ to people with serious mental illness who are more likely to be detected and arrested and incarcerated for non-violent and nuisance offences. There is widespread agreement that people with mental disorders are increasingly and often unintentionally, caught in the justice system.