Mental illnesses and homelessness are closely related in many ways. Many of the people who are homeless have a mental diseases. Mental illnesses mess with a person's ability to perform normal daily functions to be successful in life. This might result in the ability to not work, provide for his/her family, paying rent, etc. because s/he has a disease that is not being treated, constructing their ability to perform daily functions. In these cases his/her children maybe taken away, the family as a
Mental health describes a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of a mental disorder. From the perspective of 'positive psychology' or 'holism', mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Mental health can also be defined as an expression of emotions, and as signifying a successful adaptation to a range of demands. Positive mental health is more than the absence of a mental