Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
April 18, 2006, Vol. 06-43

Call for Papers: The Journal of Primary Prevention

Special Issue: Homelessness and Mental Illness

Dawn Jahn Moses, M.P.A., Marilyn Kresky-Wolff, M.P.H., Paul Brounstein, Ph.D., Ellen Bassuk, M.D., Guest Editors

Homelessness is a growing social problem; approximately 2.1 million adults and 1.3 million children experience homelessness in a given year (Burt, M.R., Aron, L.Y., Lee, E., & Valente, J. [2001]. Helping America's homeless: Emergency shelter or affordable housing? Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press). Individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders are at particularly higher risk, experiencing homelessness more often and for longer periods than other subgroups. The individual and societal costs of homelessness are profound and demand targeted and informed strategies for preventing and ending homelessness.

The Journal of Primary Prevention, in partnership with the National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness (funded by the Center for Mental Health Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), is preparing a special issue on homelessness prevention. We are interested in soliciting papers that provide new knowledge and insight into services, programs, and policies that help individuals, youth, and families with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders avoid becoming homeless and exit homelessness quickly. Paper topics might include:

- Housing and treatment/service models that effectively prevent and end
   homelessness
- Trauma-informed and trauma-specific services
- Supported employment
- Consumer involvement and peer-run services
- Discharge planning
- Disaster preparedness and relief efforts
- Prevention strategies for unique sub-populations (e.g., individuals with
   cognitive impairment and developmental disabilities, individuals with co-
   occurring disorders, families and children)
- Community partnerships, policy, and financing strategies
- Workforce development issues

JPP encourages various types of papers: original research, practice-oriented reports from the field, and literature reviews. Prospective authors should contact Dawn Jahn Moses of the National Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness at 617-964-3834 ext. 36 or dawn.moses@familyhomelessness.org in order to indicate interest, receive more detailed submission guidelines, and/or ask questions about the issue.

The deadline for submission is June 1, 2006
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