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Mental health in paris: The homeless issue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

F. Petitjean
F. Petitjean*
Affiliation:
Centre Hopitalier Sainte Anne, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Abstract

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The Paris population covered, in 2007 2.181.000 inhabitants. This covers the city itself. When adding the surrounding towns, the total figure reaches 6.507.000, more than half the total Ile de France region.

A recent study (LAPORTE, 2010) gives an estimate of 21.000 persons being homeless in the Paris megapole. A third of these individuals suffer from severe mental illness, with a prevalence of 13, 2% for psychotic disorders, 6,7% for affective disorders, 12,2% for anxiety and 21% for personality disorders.

Psychoactive substances are to of concern for 29% of the homeless population.

The author will present data from a two consecutive studies carried out in the Paris megapole concerning the homeless population. (KOVESS, 2001; LAPORTE, 2010).

The author will present data from a two consecutive studies carried out in the Paris megapole concerning the homeless population. (KOVESS, 2001; LAPORTE, 2010).

Type
S31-02
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 2119
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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