Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans

Jack Tsai, Ph.D., is a VA psychologist, associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University, and a leading researcher on homelessness. Dr. Tsai has focused on addressing veteran homelessness for over a decade. He has worked closely with colleagues at the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans to understand and develop innovative approaches to veteran homelessness.

Contributors

Foreword
Philip Mangano

1. Introduction and History of Veteran Homelessness
Jack Tsai

2. Epidemiology of Homelessness Among Veterans
Emily Brignone, Jamison Fargo, and Dennis Culhane

3. Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless Veterans
Sonya Gabrielian, Ashton Gores, Lillian Gelberg, and Jack Tsai

4. Primary Care for Homeless Veterans
Thomas P. O'Toole

5. Supported Housing: Twenty-Five Years of the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs (HUD-VAS) Program
Maria O'Connell and Robert A. Rosenheck

6. Criminal Justice Issues among Homeless Veterans
Jessica Blue-Howells, Christine Timko, Sean Clark, and Andrea K. Finlay

7. Homelessness and Money Management in Military Veterans
Eric Elbogen

8. Unique Considerations for Homeless Female Veterans
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Thomas H. Byrne, and Melissa E. Dichter

9. Homeless Risk among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Steve Metraux and R. Tyson Smith

10. Aging and Mortality in Homeless Veterans
John A. Schinka and Thomas H. Byrne

11. Homeless Veterans and Use of Information Technology
Keith McInnes and Sarah L. Cutrona

Index