.:.Drugs as a cause to homelessness is nuts

Everyone dealing with case management for the homeless always has in mind the altruistic logic test of having to send said client to drug rehab or not. It’s a gimme!

And…it sucks.

Not one of these professionals have probably EVER visited http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/, the National Mental Health Information Center! People with chronic drug problems ending up homeless aren’t recreational users, they’re usually self medicating and have undiagnosed mental disorders.

Depression…that’s usually ‘found’ first. If a person maintains decent medication management and talk therapy, then it’s a good possibility they’ll get their disorder ‘narrowed down’ and found…and eventually be able to start dealing with it.

But they won’t…if they get pigeon holed as simply addicts!

I’m not saying anything new here. I’m just having the voice to say most case managers don’t have the ‘hmm hmms’ I do and have either the brass to give 1% on each client…

…or the nuts to do what a nut like me can.

Be honest.