Stephen Hwang, St. Michael's Hospital (IMAGE) St. Michael's Hospital Caption The "Housing First" approach of giving homeless people with mental illness a place to live without any preconditions such as sobriety or enrollment in a psychiatric treatment program has many benefits. But losing weight isn't one of them, according to a new study by Dr. Stephen Hwang. Credit Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.