MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
STRESS AND ILLNESS
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Question
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Over 50% of all homeless people in the US are mentally ill.
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -About 30% of people who are chronically homeless have mental health conditions. About 50% have co-occurring substance use problems.
Detailed explanation-2: -Homelessness, in turn, amplifies poor mental health. The stress of experiencing homelessness may exacerbate previous mental illness and encourage anxiety, fear, depression, sleeplessness and substance use.
Detailed explanation-3: -In December of 2022, HUD calculated that 582, 462 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States and its territories. That number represented an increase of nearly 2, 000 individuals over the last complete accounting of 2020, yet remained steady at .18 percent of the nation’s population.
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