Homeless Mentally III Have Difficulty Accessing Community-Based Services
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News A new study, Access (Access to Community Care & Effective Service) Demonstration Project", focusing on health care delivery to seriously and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) homeless people, suggests that community-based services are neither well integrated nor easily accessible. University of North Carolina researchers used 1994 and 1996 data from a project sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that measured inter-organizational relationships among service programs providing care to SPMI homeless at 18 U.S. locations. Linkages between mental health and substance abuse . . .
