Question

Match each item with its definition.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. At Home  - A Canadian experiment to end  homelessness.

• At Home is a trial housing project funded by the Canadian Government with the aim being to provide housing as a conduit for homeless people with mental issues to get reintegrated into society. The premise of the concept is that the Mentally ill homeless people need to be house first and then they can be treated and rehabilitated.

2. Many homeless adults  - Have a mental illness

• According to Harvard Medical School, between a quarter and a third of homeless people in the united states suffer a form of mental illness with the usual suspects being either schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe depression and sometimes these are then compounded with drug addiction problems as they aim to escape from the illness.

3. Peer support group  - A service within a mental health  program

• A Peer Support Group is a gathering of people who share or have shared a mental illness before under the supervision of a trained peer support specialist to talk about their experiences and offer support to one another. It is usually offered as a service within a mental health program aimed at helping people with mental illnesses by showing them that they are not alone.