| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Verschiedenes
USA. Introduction to the Special Series on Addiction and Homelessness
USA. Introduction to the Special Series on Addiction and Homelessness
Throughout the U.S. and the world, people who experience homelessness are stigmatized to the extreme, ranging from criminalization (i.e., hostile architecture) to cruel attitudes and unspeakable hate crimes. When it comes to people who experience mental illness and homelessness—even among our cherished veterans—their combined stigma has sustained generations of blame, humiliation and casual devaluation. For the tens of thousands of Americans who experience addiction and homelessness, the stigma is virtually inescapable. (BASIS – Brief Addiction Service Information Source, Cambridge Health Alliance – Harvard Medical School, 03.01.2018)