The Trauma of Homelessness

Dr. Martin is associated with the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and was psychiatrist at the Regent Hotel Project (originally the Great Northern Hotel Project). Requests for reprints may be addressed to her at 30 W. 95th st., New York, NY 10025. This paper is adapted from a talk presented at a symposium, "What kind of world is this? Unpredictable traumas of childhood," held under the auspices of the Advisory Council of the Queens Children's Psychiatric Center, Bellerose, NY, on 5 December 1989.