The following is an e-mail from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law:
Supportive Housing is Effective for Problem Documented in The Soloist
April 24, 2009 -- The Soloist, released today, tells a heartwarming tale of friendship between a homeless musician with a mental illness and a Los Angeles newspaper reporter.
Nathaniel Ayers, played by Jamie Foxx, is forced to give up his dream of becoming a world-class musician when paranoid schizophrenia overwhelms him, taking him from the halls of Julliard to the streets of Los Angeles.
The fundamental aspects of this true story - chronic homelessness due to mental illness - is unfortunately all too common. However, growing research shows that there is a solution to this hopeless cycle through supportive housing.
Bazelon Center Releases New Supportive Housing Fact Sheet
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law announces the release of a fact sheet which details research and praise for supportive housing as the most effective and integrated housing for people with mental disabilities - including some of the most challenging cases, the chronically homeless with mental illnesses.
The fact sheet describes the many benefits of supportive housing, including cost-effectiveness and the key role it plays in well-being and recovery. The piece also describes components that administrators and policymakers must consider when developing successful supportive housing programs.
View the new fact sheet and other supportive housing information at www.bazelon.org/issues/housing
Thie fact sheet was developed by the Bazelon Center under a grant to the University of Pennsylvania from the Department of Education.
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The Bazelon Center (www.bazelon.org) is the leading national legal-advocacy organization representing people with mental disabilities. It promotes laws and policies that can enable people with psychiatric or developmental disabilities to exercise their life choices and access the resources they need to participate fully in their communities.
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