Mental Health Conservatorship Among Homeless People With Serious Mental Illness.
Kristen R ChoiEnrico G CastilloMarissa J SeamansJoseph H GrottsShayan RabIppolytos KalofonosMeredith MeadImani J WalkerSarah L StarksPublished in: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) (2021)
A mental health conservatorship can be a mechanism for helping homeless people with a grave disability from mental illness to transition from the streets to residential psychiatric treatment, but it requires substantial resources from facilities that initiate such conservatorships and does not guarantee resolution of long-term supportive housing needs.