Majority of homeless adults with mental illness have high rates of cognitive deficits
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 14:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Nearly three-quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive deficits, such as difficulties with problem solving, learning and memory, new research has found. The study-believed to be the largest of its kind -assessed neurocognitive functioning indicators such as mental processing speed, verbal learning and memory in 1,500 homeless adults in five Canadian cities.