Download or read book A Nation In Denial written by Alice S. Baum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence that up to 85 percent of all homeless adults suffer the ravages of substance abuse and mental illness, resulting in the social isolation that has been the hallmark of homelessness in the United States since colonial days. .