The Open Health Services and Policy Journal

2010, 3 : 71-79
Published online 2010 March 22. DOI: 10.2174/1874924001003010071
Publisher ID: TOHSPJ-3-71

Recovery and Homeless Services: New Directions for the Field

Laura Gillis , Gloria Dickerson and Justine Hanson
Center for Social Innovation, 189 Wells Avenue, Newton Centre, MA 02459, USA.

ABSTRACT

The recovery movement is reshaping approaches to treatment of mental illness, substance abuse, and traumatic stress disorders. Yet recovery principles have not been well integrated into the homeless assistance network, despite high prevalence of mental illness, substance abuse, and trauma histories among people who are chronically homeless in the United States. We review approaches to recovery and recovery-oriented care and propose recommendations for adopting recovery oriented care within the homeless assistance network.

Keywords:

Recovery , recovery-oriented care, homelessness, homeless services.