Homeless schizophrenic: An impossible treatment?

Abstract

Homeless is an excluded person, who lost or weekened the ties with the family and the society. Psychiatric diseases, alcoholism and drug dependence occurs frequently. Based in his experience on working with homeless for ten years, on the streets of Lisbon, the author describes and comments some cases. Living on the streets, it is important to have multidisciplinary outreach teams to meet homeless, having a relationship with them, evaluating their cases, and purposing solutions.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v14i1.522