Community Action Life (CAL)

Community Action Life CAL is an idea and not yet an existence.   It was created to bring awareness.

KIMMY GERRED 

392 E. STEVENS RD.G13 PALM SPRINGS, CA. 92262

MYLANDS360@GMAIL.COM

760-250-6222

http://healthlifecoach1.weebly.com/

  

Help for the hurting

Consequences of Socio-environmental on their health (shelter or housing access community relations,

advocacy, environmental threats)

Disability assessment, vulnerability assessment, morbidity rates, mortality rates

Acute disease prognosis, medicine, and treatment

Chronic Disease prognosis, medicine, and treatment

Unified treatment of routinely associated yet heterogeneous co

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morbidities (substance use

disorder/addiction, mental health, and traumatic brain injury)

Extensive General Practitioner care that nurtures sustainability and endurance.

Also accommodating of

treatment beyond the scope of homelessness (housing, shelter, hospitals, streets, respite)

Socio

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Environmental Consequences

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Depending on vulnerability relating to age, gender, mobility, and health

this varies extensively.

Children are more susceptible to domestic

violence, more so than the elderly or women.

The LGBT community is

more likely to suffer rape.

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Heroin addicts are at risk for suicide and overdose.

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The risk increases for suicide for those with mental disorders such as depression.

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The risk to be assaulted with a deadly weapon or to be murdered also exists in populations where homelessness exists.

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There are wider risks of communicable diseases and that increases as

things develop seasonally in regions where ever they are dwelling.

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Many in the Northern states have been found frozen to death during winters.

No Safe Place To Lay Your Head

Homelessness by Age 

2014 Stats of Non-Lethal Attacks on Homeless Persons

 540 Thousand Vets Diagnosed with PTSD

Substance Use, Trauma,

Homelessness & PTSD

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been closely associated with both Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder.

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Homelessness has been said to cause PTSD

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Substance use has been known to cause trauma.

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70% of

adults in the United States

have experienced at least one

a traumatic event in their lives. 10% Develop PTSD.

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PTSD is far more common than physical Wounds

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35% PTSD Victims abuse prescription drugs compared to 12%

general population

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1 in 3 rape victims develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

National and State Treatment Need and Capacity for

Opioid Agonist Medication - Assisted Treatment

Resources

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Barends Psychology Practice

https://barendspsychology.com/mental-disorders-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-statistics/

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National Center For PTSD

http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/problems/ptsd_substance_abuse_veterans.asp

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National Coalition For Homeless

Veterans

http://nchv.org/index.php/new s/headline_article/raising_aw a

reness_about_ptsd_a_resource_guide/

Also, please see

https://nchv.org/index.php/new s/headline_article/new _ptsd_treatment

_and_training_options_for_service_providers/

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Independent Voter Project

http://ivn.us/2013/11/11/homelessness-ptsd-drug-abuse-government-failing-veterans/

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Street Medicine

http://streetmedicine.org/wordpress/call-for-presenters-2

  Trauma Informed Services

http://slideplayer.com/slide/4303154/

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A Research Perspective...

http://www.slideshare.net/FEANTSA/deborah-quilgars-presentation

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Addressing Trauma...

http://slideplayer.com/slide/4006262/

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Rebuilding Shattered Lives

http://www.slideshare.net/FEANTSA/rebuilding-shattered-lives-raising-awareness-of-womens-homelessness-domestic-violence-and-trauma

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Treatment for PTSD & SUD...

http://homelesshub.ca/resource/treatment-ptsd-and-sud-site-differences-and-implications-outcomes-powerpoint-slide?width=500&height=180&inline=true

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Wounded Warriors... 

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National and State Treatment Need and Capacity for Opioid

Agonist Medication

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Assisted Treatment

http://www.sa4docs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OTP-capacity-Jones-AJPH-2015.pdf

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National Institute On Drug

Abuse

https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/legislative-activities/testimony-to-congress/2015/prescription-opioid-heroin-abuse

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/heroin/

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Seeking Safety Solutions by Kimmy Gerred

https://addictionsrecoverybook.blogspot.com

(for Clinicians and

Clients)

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Seeking Safety Solutions Support Page on Facebook by Kimmy

Gerred

https://www.facebook.com/ptsdsolutions

You can make

donations here to support this project CAL. Thank you!