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Tag: Mental Illness

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Proving Disability for Mental Illness

Posted on May 17, 2018May 2, 2018 by Editor

Clients with mental impairments present challenging legal situations for disability claims.  However, there is a clear path to winning these cases. Once a clear diagnosis…

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What are SSI and Social Security Disablity (SSDI?)

Posted on June 25, 2016June 23, 2016 by Editor

The Social Security Administration (SSA) manages the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. While both of these programs offer cash…

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Mental Illness, Homelessness and Disability

Posted on March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 by Editor

Having a disability is a factor that increases the risk of becoming homeless. In 2009, almost 38 percent of the homeless population had a disability,…

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Note on Proposed Changes to Mental Illness Regulations

Posted on March 21, 2011April 7, 2011 by Editor

Advocacy groups for people living with mental illness are uniformly opposed to a new rule proposed in August by the Social Security Administration that would…

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Psychiatrist Sets Out Way to Evaluate Disability for Social Security Claim

Posted on June 11, 2009July 15, 2009 by Editor

In Psychiatric Times today, noted Vanderbilt clincal professor Samuel O. Okpaku MD, PhD notes that about 20% of adults who receive Social Security disability benefits…

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Salon.com Publishes Series on Failures of Army’s PTSD Treatment

Posted on April 12, 2009April 13, 2009 by Editor

Coming Home” is an investigative series about U.S. Army troops who have returned from Iraq. Salon national correspondent Mark Benjamin and Colorado-based journalist Michael de…

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Salon.com: Army Minimizes PTSD in Diagnoses

Posted on April 12, 2009April 23, 2009 by sfsarah

“I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD” says an Army psyciatrist. A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its…

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