Depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress

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2012). COCInan, SleW1111, mid Came ( am cited in Edidin, Ganim, Bunter St Karnik, 2012) state/that depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress and psychosis are the high vv, levelfolpsychiatric disorder among homeless youth in America. BUM. and Engebretson (2008) repot ihat medically anxiety and mood disorder are the common mental issues in this group. They also statel that common MIX iety disorder was post traumatic stress disorder likewise, depressive disorder and bipolar are more /vs problenfiof mood disorder. In addition to this complication internalizing symptoms, disruptive behavior disorder and externalizing disorder are frequent disorder among homeless youth andXamong these disordetone third of the homeless 45 youth are reported, having disruptive behavior (Edidin, Ganim, Hunter & Karnik, 2012). Therefore mental health issue is primary end product of homelessness.•V..;–
Another significant consequence of homelessness is sexually trat:>11Ke:r1 infections among homeless youth. Soloria, Milburn, Weiss and Batterham (2006) explain/ that majority of homeless youth are engaged in sexual activities which puynt iti4he risk of contracting sexual_ts Z transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus. They at explain/that explain/that youth who have suffered from STIs are more likely to get HIV and the youth who.htwe already beerr ✓ sufferiog from HIV are more likely to transfer it to others. Zerger, Strehlow and Gundlapalli (2008) state, that most ofthe homeless youth have sex with multiple pne6.They also reported that homeless youth are engaged in unprotect sex, survival sex and prostitution as a result they ri* are kl-firOSE of getting and transmitting STIs. Iiknitcd5tathomeless youth are found to have sex 2-3 year earlier than other adolescenpand these adolescent are more like to7STIs and 1-IIV because they lack,e’preventive servicZerger, Str ow & Gundlapalli, 2008). Bourgois to al as cited in Zerger, Strehlow & Gundlapalli, 2008) describe that exchange of sex is more common

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