title: A perspective on voluntary and involuntary outreach services for the homeless mentally ill.
abstract: Outreach teams use a range of strategies to engage people who are homeless and mentally ill and living on the streets. This chapter describes and evaluates the effectiveness of various voluntary and involuntary approaches and presents a new model program for serving this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsemberis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elfenbein
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States