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Community integration has been a central goal of mental health service policy since deinstitutionalization began in the 1950s, as homelessness increased in the 1980s, and as housing programs for homeless mentally ill persons developed in the 1990s. In 1990, an innovative experiment—the Boston McKinney Project—began to test alternative housing policies. Schutt’s comprehensive analysis of the project’s findings calls into question current housing policies that support the preference of most homeless mentally ill persons to live alone in independent apartments. Indeed, Homelessness, Housing and Mental Illness shows that living alone reduces housing retention and cognitive functioning, thereby supporting clinicians’ usual recommendation of group living. Schutt’s findings challenge the assumptions behind current policy and call for reexamining housing programs for this population.

Mentally ill homeless persons --- Group homes for people with mental disabilities --- Group homes for the mentally handicapped --- People with mental disabilities --- Homeless persons --- Housing

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Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services.

People with mental disabilities --- Social work with people with mental disabilities. --- Social work with the mentally handicapped --- Mental retardation services --- Services for.

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Children with mental disabilities --- Special education --- Exceptional children --- Education --- Mentally handicapped children --- Mentally retarded children --- Retarded children --- Children with disabilities --- Youth with mental disabilities

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Invaluable resource providing a broad review of services available to people with learning disabilities. Includes service developments and policy changes.

Learning disabled. --- Mentally handicapped. --- People with mental disabilities. --- People with mental disabilities - Services for - G. --- Social work with people with mental disabilities. --- People with mental disabilities --- Learning disabled --- Social work with people with mental disabilities --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Disabilities --- Social work with the mentally handicapped --- LD adults --- Learning disabled adults --- Slow-learning adults --- Services for --- Great Britain

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Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits in 2013, about 50% were disabled primarily due to a mental disorder. An increase in the number of children who are recipients of SSI benefits due to mental disorders has been observed through several decades of the program beginning in 1985 and continuing through 2010. Nevertheless, less than 1% of children in the United States are recipients of SSI disability benefits for a mental disorder. At the request of the Social Security Administration, Mental Disorders and Disability Among Low-Income Children compares national trends in the number of children with mental disorders with the trends in the number of children receiving benefits from the SSI program, and describes the possible factors that may contribute to any differences between the two groups. This report provides an overview of the current status of the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, and the levels of impairment in the U.S. population under age 18. The report focuses on 6 mental disorders, chosen due to their prevalence and the severity of disability attributed to those disorders within the SSI disability program: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, and mood disorders. While this report is not a comprehensive discussion of these disorders, Mental Disorders and Disability Among Low-Income Children provides the best currently available information regarding demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and expectations for the disorder time course - both the natural course and under treatment.

Children with mental disabilities --- Poor children --- Mental health --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Children --- Mentally handicapped children --- Mentally retarded children --- Retarded children --- Children with disabilities --- Youth with mental disabilities --- Economic conditions