In the presence of the mentally ill

As one who has been amongst the the homeless for many, many years. I still find that very often mental illness starts after the person becomes homeless. I have seen many cases of severe mental illness. while in washington DC. I almost fell victim of a homeless person's attack. luckily something triggered his mind and he turned away from and ran screaming after an imaginary being. In Los Angeles mental illness ranks very high well over 300% percent of the homeless in LA are mentally ill.as on e who has seen poverty growing up in Indiana. I can tell you for sure that the high rise in unemployment, the lack of affordable housing, domestic violence, poor and rundown neighborhoods, all play a certain role in the plight of homelessness and poverty. so how does homelessness start. it starts with a series of events that goes on in a person's life. maybe with the loss of a job, then the bills start piling up then the loss of a car being taken back by the dealer. then the mortgage payments go unpaid and so and so forth until the person suddenly winds up in the street. and after along time on the streets a severe case of stress and frustration overcomes a person and then severe anger and sudden out burst of rage until that person has completely snapped to the point of no return.