Homeless people with mental disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases are ubiquitous, in space and time, in mankind’s history. Psychosis, personality disorders, drug abuse, and other brain illnesses represent a true challenge to medicine and society. Homeless people could be, indeed, brought to the attention of marontology, an unborn specialty of medicine, already suggested after the Greek word marontos, which means unwanted. Homelessness is one of the most critically important issues of the contemporaneous world, without a solution in sight, so more research in areas such as psychiatry, psychology, and human neuroscience is needed, for a better understanding of the phenomenon.The topic “Mental illness and neuropsychiatry of the homeless: psychosis, personality, drug abuse, and other brain disorders” will address the plight of homelessness from a behavioral sciences point of view, covering psychopathology, and social and evolutionary neuroscience. Comprehensive and eclectic articles, coming from authors with various and distinct backgrounds, such as Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuropsychology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroimaging, or Neurosciences will be compiled, in order to stimulate discussion and increase knowledge regarding homelessness.The topic will accept many types of manuscripts: Original Research; Review; Policy and Practice Reviews; Hypothesis and Theory; Perspective; Clinical Trial; Case Report; Community Case Study; Conceptual Analysis; Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy; Data Report; Policy Brief; Brief Research Report; General Commentary; Opinion; Erratum; Correction; Editorial; Registered Report; Technology and Code; and Study Protocol.
Homeless people with mental disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases are ubiquitous, in space and time, in mankind’s history. Psychosis, personality disorders, drug abuse, and other brain illnesses represent a true challenge to medicine and society. Homeless people could be, indeed, brought to the attention of marontology, an unborn specialty of medicine, already suggested after the Greek word marontos, which means unwanted. Homelessness is one of the most critically important issues of the contemporaneous world, without a solution in sight, so more research in areas such as psychiatry, psychology, and human neuroscience is needed, for a better understanding of the phenomenon.The topic “Mental illness and neuropsychiatry of the homeless: psychosis, personality, drug abuse, and other brain disorders” will address the plight of homelessness from a behavioral sciences point of view, covering psychopathology, and social and evolutionary neuroscience. Comprehensive and eclectic articles, coming from authors with various and distinct backgrounds, such as Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuropsychology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroimaging, or Neurosciences will be compiled, in order to stimulate discussion and increase knowledge regarding homelessness.The topic will accept many types of manuscripts: Original Research; Review; Policy and Practice Reviews; Hypothesis and Theory; Perspective; Clinical Trial; Case Report; Community Case Study; Conceptual Analysis; Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy; Data Report; Policy Brief; Brief Research Report; General Commentary; Opinion; Erratum; Correction; Editorial; Registered Report; Technology and Code; and Study Protocol.