Preface
Acknowledgements
Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Unspoken Intersection of Mental Illness and Poverty: Social Exclusion, by Sebastian Gyamfi, Cheryl Forchuk, and Rick Csiernik
Chapter 2: Creating Social Exclusion: The Disconnection between Housing, Income Support, and Mental Health Policies, by Rick Csiernik, Cheryl Forchuk, Katherine Turner, Libbey Joplin, Ruth Schofield, and Carolyn Gorlick
Chapter 3: Playing Musical Chairs: Understanding How to End Homelessness, by Cheryl Forchuk
Section II: Methodological Issues
Chapter 4: Doing Participatory Action Research, by Cheryl Forchuk
Chapter 5: The Article Idea Chart: A Participatory Action Research Tool to Aid Involvement in Dissemination, by Cheryl Forchuk and Amanda Meier
Chapter 6: Strategies for Retaining a Sample of Homeless Youth, by Cheryl Forchuk, Tony O’Regan, Momodou Jeng, and Amanda Wright
Chapter 7: The Stigma Scale: A Canadian Perspective, by Amanda Meier, Rick Csiernik, Cheryl Forchuk, and Laura Warner
Section III: Becoming Socially Excluded
Chapter 8: Poverty Trajectories Experienced by Persons with Mental Illness, by Cheryl Forchuk, Phyllis Montgomery, Abraham Rudnick, Pam Lahey, Benita Cohen, Ruth Schofield, Stewart E. Perry, Robin Coatsworth-Puspoky, Betty Edwards, Bethany Butzer, and Amanda Meier
Chapter 9: Using a Capabilities Approach to Understand Poverty and Social Inclusion of Mental Health Consumer-Survivors, by Sarah Benbow, Abraham Rudnick, Cheryl Forchuk, and Betty Edwards
Chapter 10: “Until You Hit Rock Bottom There’s No Support”: Contradictory Sources and Systems of Support for Mothers Experiencing Homelessness in Southwestern Ontario, by Sarah Benbow, Cheryl Forchuk, Carolyn Gorlick, Helene Berman, and Catherine Ward-Griffin
Chapter 11: Sheltering Indigenous Women with Mental Illness in Ontario: Being “Kicked” and Nurtured, by Phyllis Montgomery, Sarah Benbow, Laura Hall, Denise Newton-Mathur, Cheryl Forchuk, and Sharolyn Mossey
Chapter 12: The Mental Health of Those Who Serve Canada: A Reflection, by Major Steven D. Pirie
Chapter 13: Addressing Homelessness among Canadian Veterans, by Cheryl Forchuk, Jan Richardson, and Heather Atyeo
Section IV: Creating Social Inclusion
Chapter 14: Peer Support as a Direct Benefit of Focus Group Research, by Cheryl Forchuk, Amanda Meier, Phyllis Montgomery, and Abraham Rudnick
Chapter 15: Seeking and Securing Work: Individual-Level Predictors of Employment of Mental Health Consumer-Survivors, by Peter V. Hall, Phyllis Montgomery, Samantha Davie, Kevin Dickins, Cheryl Forchuk, Momodou Jeng, Melissa Kersey, Amanda Meier, Pam Lahey, Abraham Rudnick, Michelle Solomon, and Laura Warner
Chapter 16: Iris Scanning: A Solution to the Lost Identification Problem Encountered by People Experiencing Homelessness?, by Cheryl Forchuk, Lorie Donelle, Miriam Capretz, Fatima Bukair, and John Kok
Chapter 17: The Effectiveness of a Shelter Diversion Intervention for Families Who Experience Homelessness, by Cheryl Forchuk, Jan Richardson, Gordon Russell, Chantelle Perreault, Bryanna Lucyk, and Annie Yang
Chapter 18: Preventing Mental Illness Discharge to Homelessness, by Cheryl Forchuk, Mike Godin, Jeffry Hoch, Shani Kingston-MacClure, Momodou Jeng, Liz Puddy, Rebecca Vann, and Elsabeth Jensen
Chapter 19: An Evaluation of the London Community Addiction Response Strategy: London Cares, by Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik, Grant Martin, Laura Warner, Abe Oudshoorn, Wafa’a Ta’an, and Jan Richardson
Chapter 20: Service Preferences of Homeless Youth with Mental Health Issues: Housing First, Treatment First, or Both Together, by Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik, Jan Richardson, Karen Laverty, Mirella Bryant, Abraham Rudnick, Betty Edwards, Sandra Fisman, Beth Mitchell, Martha Connoy, Mark Dolson, and Chandell Kelly
Author Biographies