If there were genes for homelessness

[image error]This month's British Journal of Psychiatry has a quietly powerful poem by psychiatrist Sean Spence which highlights the sometimes uncomfortable misconnection between the problems we study and the problems we face.

Spence is well-known for his work in cognitive neuropsychiatry although has had a long-standing interest in treating mental health difficulties in the those living on the street.

If Homelessness Were Genetic

If homelessness were genetic,
Institutes would be constructed