title: Urban street outreach: using clinical principles to steer the system.
abstract: A decade ago, urban street outreach was part of a rapid response to the epidemic of homelessness. Today it struggles to develop into a clinical craft that will define its own niche in the system of services to the homeless mentally ill.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: McQuistion
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Ercole
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kopelson
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006285:Health Planning; D006302:Health Services Research; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care