shelterization
shelterization
Social medicine An adaptive response by those living in shelters for the homeless in the US, characterized by ↑ passive behavior and ↓ personal hygiene. See Homelessness, Institutionalization 'syndrome. '.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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[The research team] kept me from falling into the insanity of "
Shelterization," which is a lonely pit of helplessness and hopelessness.
Shelterization: How the homeless adapt to shelter living.
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Shelterization: How the Homeless Adapt to Shelter Living," Hospital and Community Psychiatry 41:521-525.
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