10 Symptoms of Colitis. 10 Symptoms of Colitis. An inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes long-term swelling and ulcers in the colon, ulcerative colitis is in part both similar and different from Crohnâs disease. Unlike the latter condition, colitis affects only the colon and rectum, leaving the rest of the gastrointestinal tract unscathed.
Other impairments such as depression, untreated mental illness, post traumatic stress disorder, and physical disabilities are also responsible for a large portion of the homeless. Many factors push people into living on the street. Acknowledging these can help facilitate the end of homelessness in America.
While rates of alcohol and drug abuse are disproportionately high among the homeless population, the increase in homelessness over the past two decades cannot be explained by addiction alone. Many people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs never become homeless, but people who are poor and addicted are clearly at increased risk of homelessness. Addiction does increase the risk of displacement for the precariously housed; in the absence of appropriate treatment, it may doom one's chances of getting housing once on the streets.