CONSTRUCTED TO ROT: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON HOMELESSNESS
Book Details
Author(s)Bruno De Oliveira
ISBN / ASINB00WCWGVUW
ISBN-13978B00WCWGVU2
Sales Rank99,999,999
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
If you are following current and political affairs in 2015 in the UK you probably are aware of topics such as IS as the new enemy that we all should fear, the scapegoat of immigration rhetoric, the political rant over the Europe Union, the use of drones to hunt innocent civilians, the slow and hidden privatization of the NHS fulfilling its neo-liberal destiny, the action taken for Ebola to don’t spread across the West world, the media’s promotion of UKIP and at the same time the media’s blackout over the Green party.
They are all very important or made to be very important topics. However, there is a huge neglect towards discussing human oppression such homelessness by the media. In context, homeless people are eight times more likely to suffer from mental health problems and 35 times more likely to commit suicide. People without a mental health problem before experiencing homelessness will be more likely to develop serious mental distress while homeless. The experience of homelessness has been described as traumatic, disempowering and isolating. Homelessness is highly regarded as a silent killer but why is it a silent killer?
They are all very important or made to be very important topics. However, there is a huge neglect towards discussing human oppression such homelessness by the media. In context, homeless people are eight times more likely to suffer from mental health problems and 35 times more likely to commit suicide. People without a mental health problem before experiencing homelessness will be more likely to develop serious mental distress while homeless. The experience of homelessness has been described as traumatic, disempowering and isolating. Homelessness is highly regarded as a silent killer but why is it a silent killer?
