Briefly discuss the reasons for increase in the number of homeless and the possible solutions
What will be an ideal response?
There are a variety of reasons for the large increase in the number of homeless. Deinstitutionalization of state mental hospitals is one cause. Cutbacks in social services by the federal government is another. Urban renewal projects have demolished low-cost housing in many areas. The shift from blue-collar jobs to service and high-tech jobs in our society has sharply reduced the demand for unskilled labor. Another factor has been a recent trend to ignore members of our society who are unable to fend for themselves. Most of the homeless are such because they cannot afford the housing that is available; our country does not have a commitment to a social policy of providing affordable housing to the poor. The majority of the homeless are not mentally ill, but simply too poor to afford available housing.
Solutions to the dismal conditions in which the homeless are living include low-cost housing, job training and placement programs, and community services for those with emotional problems.
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a. The use of adversarial language b. Leading: finishing the unfinished sentences of a client or filling in the blanks c. Recommendations that skip the actual “recommended activity” d. Glossing over gaps in history
The pattern of this chart shows:
a) Change in slope b) Drift and change in level c) No change in level but change in slope d) None of the above.
__________ in the emerging field of interpersonal neurobiology confirms that healing changes can occur in the brain when clients experience a warm, nonjudgmental, empathic relationship with a caring counselor
A) ?Computer technology B) ?Medical technology C) ?Brain-imaging technology D) ?Cancer technology
In the early phases of symbolic-experiential family therapy, therapists create which of the following to break the family out of their rigid interaction patterns?
A. Confusion and disorganization B. Hear-and-now experiencing C. Redefining and expanding of Symptoms D. Spontaneity and craziness