The Impact of Housing on Mental Health Issues and Substance Misuse

• By: Jodie N. Dionne, MS, LMHC WellLife Network Inc.
• January 22nd, 2024
• adaptation, client-centered approaches, dropout rate, homelessness, housing first models, integration, mental health, precarity, stigma, substance misuse, survival, transitional period, Winter 2024 Issue
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In Maslow’s hierarchy, physiological needs – food, water, shelter – are the base upon which all other human activity rests. As a population, particularly in more privileged areas, we tend to take these needs for granted: a house or apartment, food and clean water, and clothing are readily...