Part 5: An Almost Invisible Corner: Care for the Mentally Ill in Hampton Roads

Authors

Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2008

Publication Title

The State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2008

Pages

70-83

Abstract

According to the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, an estimated 64,972 people (5.4 percent) suffer from serious mental illness in Hampton Roads. Beginning in the 1970s, these individuals largely have been deinstitutionalized and now live within our communities, where they are served primarily by nine community services boards.

Comments

Full document for The State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2008 available at:

https://doi.org/10.25776/t63h-8k27

Repository Citation

Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University, "Part 5: An Almost Invisible Corner: Care for the Mentally Ill in Hampton Roads" (2008). State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads. 94.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/sor_reports/94