Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Annotated Bibliography: Risk Factors for Homelessness among Women with Schizophrenia

This is an annotation for one of the articles I will be using in my research essay.

Caton, Carol, Patrick Shrout, Boanerge Domingue, and et al. "Risk Factors for Homelessness among Women with Schizophrenia." American Journal of Public Health. (1995): 1153-1156. Print.

(Caton, Shrout, Domingue, and et al 1153-1156)

An examination of mental illness among homeless women. The median age of the women was 43. Most of the women had less than a 12th grade education. Comparisons are made between similar women who have homes and are homeless. The homeless women tended to lack the familial support. This article appears to be dry facts and numbers but, statistics can be important. There is a similar report on men and I will compare the details in both of these

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