IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/socpsy/v60y2014i1p71-74.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Psychiatry, homeless patients and welfare reforms: Historical links and chains

Author

Listed:
  • Walid Khalid Abdul-Hamid
  • Kamaldeep Bhui

Abstract

The birthplace of the specialty of psychiatry was in the asylum, which was created to divert patients from workhouses where the most disadvantaged and destitute people with mental illness were to be found. The current welfare reforms are endangering the welfare and livelihood of the most disadvantaged of our patients. These reforms in the authors’ opinion are related more to the historical cycle of societal attitude to homeless people than to seeing them as the undeserving poor. This is particularly true since the current economic crisis was not caused by the poor, so it is very unfair that our poorest patients should suffer most as a result of the welfare reforms.

Suggested Citation

  • Walid Khalid Abdul-Hamid & Kamaldeep Bhui, 2014. "Psychiatry, homeless patients and welfare reforms: Historical links and chains," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 60(1), pages 71-74, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:60:y:2014:i:1:p:71-74
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764012463303
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764012463303
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0020764012463303?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Walid Abdul Hamid & Til Wykes & Stephen Stansfeld, 1993. "The Homeless Mentally Ill: Myths and Realities," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 39(4), pages 237-254, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Kamaldeep Bhui & Lisa Shanahan & Geoff Harding, 2006. "Homelessness and Mental Illness: A Literature Review and a Qualitative Study of Perceptions of the Adequacy of Care," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 52(2), pages 152-165, March.
    2. Guru S Gowda & G Gopika & Narayana Manjunatha & Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar & Ravi Yadav & Dwarakanath Srinivas & Bharath Rose Dawn & Suresh Bada Math, 2017. "Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of homeless mentally ill admitted in mental health institute of South India: ‘Know the Unknown’ project," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 63(6), pages 525-531, September.
    3. Alyssa Tate & Kaéla Edwards & Nichole Holmes & Steven Buffer & Zachary Fusfeld & Willie Baronet & Rosemary Frasso, 2022. "‘Even a smile helps’: Exploring the interactions between people experiencing homelessness and passersby in public spaces," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(3), pages 525-532, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:60:y:2014:i:1:p:71-74. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.