Homeless female veterans...ever hear about it?

[w8liftinglady]

Homeless female veterans are becoming an increasingly common problem in The US.the sad thing is-it didn't happen overnight...resources from my next editorial

Also-notice the disparity from one article to another

from 1997
http://www.ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/393
Underdiagnosis of PTSD and substance use disorders in hospitalized female veterans

from 1994
http://www.addictioncounselorce.com/articles/101200/I-101200.pdf
PTSD in the Military Veteran

from 2004
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/55/11/1308
Life-Course Theory of Readmission of Substance Abusers Among Homeless Veterans

from 2003
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/7/1132
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women

from 1996
http://aff.sagepub.com/content/11/1/61.short
Women Vietnam Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for Practice


1997
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DugbWiZpPIkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA191&dq=%22homeless+female+veterans%22&ots=-lzC7CH8IU&sig=V6DWkW6BMjb_HWo_QqW1JgMo67Y#v=onepage&q=%22homeless%20female%20veterans%22&f=false
Combat Exposure and PTSD among Veterans of Three wars

2002
http://www.pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/37/8/17.full
Women’s Health Issues Get Increased Federal Attention


1996
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA327373
Stress and Women's Health: Combat, Deployment, Contingency Operations and Trauma.




Yep.we continue to support the troops.Wave your flags,America.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I think it's brilliant you are doing up an editorial on this subject. Have you X-posted to the

Vet and Poverty forums yet?

:hug:

[pinboy3niner]

2. I see them in my community

They are always there among the clients who show up for our quarterly Outreach program for homeless vets. Like the male clients, they come seeking help with housing, employment, healthcare, PTSD, substance abuse, and more, and they often have a special need for sexual abuse counseling.

Homeless women vets also are regular patrons of the local food bank/resource center. Yet, even moreso than their male counterparts, they remain invisible to many.

Thanks for the thread and the great links, Beth! :thumbsup:

[w8liftinglady]

6. I get so upset when people fail to recognize this

turning their heads...telling me that individuals need to help these people,not the government.Individuals in my area could give a crap about veterans....and female vets were just "asking for it". Homeless vets are a non-issue.

Thanks,Bob.

[Greyhound]

3. K&R #5

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R

[whathehell]

5. K & R..n/t

[unhappycamper]

7. We have a home for female veterans not too far from where I live.

http://www.soberhousing.com/ourHouses.html

All of these are modeled using Oxford House rules and funding.

Our VFP chapter also set up and oversees the operation of the Oxford House on Hooper Street in Chelsea.

[w8liftinglady]

9. we don't. the homeless facillities we have limit families.Most of the homeless females

I have encountered through NCHV live out of a vehicle or on someone's couch.

Texas isn't real big on supporting their vets,I hate to say...although one of my neighbors told me yesterday it is the duty of individuals,not the government.I asked him where I could send these females with families for help with substance abuse,child care,finding jobs...he told me to find out for myself.."Put up or Shut up".

Yeah.
they support the troops.

[Solly Mack]

8. K&R